Data Transmission Method and Related Device

ABSTRACT

A data transmission method and a related device are disclosed. The data transmission method includes: obtaining to-be-transmitted K bits; mapping the K bits to F resource units according to a codebook and a value of the K bits, so as to obtain a codeword C K  that is to be transmitted by using the F resource units, where the codebook includes S codewords in a one-to-one mapping relationship with S different values of the K bits; and sending the codeword C K  by using the F resource units.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a continuation of International Patent ApplicationNo. PCT/CN2014/088032, filed on Sep. 30, 2014, the disclosure of whichis hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to the field of communicationstechnologies, and in particular, to a data transmission method and arelated device.

BACKGROUND

Modulation plays an important role in a communications system inconverting original data (bits) to an air interface signal that isappropriate for transmission, and is an important part in effectiveworking of the communications system. A modulation mode with a fixedquantity of bits or the like is used for standardization of transmissionin a conventional communications system. However, for an existing LongTerm Evolution system or the like, a combination of coding andmodulation is usually used to implement continuous rate adjustment. Forexample, different orders of a modulation and coding scheme are defined.

For a future 5th Generation (5G) communications system, applicationspace of a conventional modulation and coding scheme is to beincreasingly limited, which is mainly reflected in: With furtherdevelopment of a multimedia application, a dynamic compression ratio ofinformation bits is to become increasingly high. In this background,source coding and channel coding need to be comprehensively consideredto effectively reduce channel fading. However, the conventionalmodulation and coding scheme generally depends on coding with a fixedrate (that is, a mother code rate), effective joint source and channelcoding cannot be implemented. Further development of a coding mode (suchas a fountain code) with no fixed rate requires a more flexiblemodulation mode, which can satisfy a modulation demand for any rate.Wide application of a new communications mode such as machine typecommunications or in-vehicle communications imposes a new requirement ona modulation rate range, modulation reliability, and the like.

A conventional signal modulation mechanism is relatively poor in anaspect such as transmission reliability. Therefore, driven by thecurrent new requirement, researching some signal modulation mechanismsbetter in transmission reliability and other aspects has great technicalsignificance.

SUMMARY

Embodiments of the present invention provide a data transmission methodand a related device, so as to improve bit transmission reliability.

A first aspect of the present invention provides a data transmissionmethod. The method includes obtaining to-be-transmitted K bits. Themethod also includes mapping the K bits to F resource units according toa codebook and a value of the K bits, so as to obtain a codeword C_(K)that is to be transmitted by using the F resource units, where thecodebook includes S codewords in a one-to-one mapping relationship withS different values of the K bits, S is less than or equal to 2^(K), eachcodeword in the S codewords is a complex number vector that includes Fcomplex numbers, a difference between the i^(th) value and the j^(th)value of the K bits is that a value of only one bit is different, acodeword that is included in the codebook and in a mapping relationshipwith the i^(th) value is a codeword C_(i), and a codeword that isincluded in the codebook and in a mapping relationship with the j^(th)value is a codeword C_(j), where the codeword C_(i) does not include acomplex number Z_(j1) and a complex number Z_(j2) that are included inthe codeword C_(j), K, F, and S are integers greater than 1, i is notequal to j, and i and j are positive integers less than or equal to S.The method also includes sending the codeword C_(K) by using the Fresource units.

With reference to the first aspect, in a first possible implementationmanner of the first aspect, a codeword C_(p) does not include a complexnumber Z_(q1) and a complex number Z_(q2) that are included in acodeword C_(q), where the codeword C_(p) and the codeword C_(q) are anytwo codewords in S1 codewords, and the S1 codewords are a part or all ofthe S codewords.

With reference to the first aspect, in a second possible implementationmanner of the first aspect, a value of a complex number Z_(u1) at aposition α in a codeword C_(u) is different from that of a complexnumber Z_(e1) at a position α in a codeword C_(e), a value of a complexnumber Z_(u2) at a position β in the codeword C_(u) is different fromthat of a complex number Z_(e2) at a position β in the codeword C_(e),the codeword C_(u) and the codeword C_(e) are any two codewords in S2codewords, and the S2 codewords are a part or all of the S codewords.

With reference to the first aspect, the first possible implementationmanner of the first aspect, or the second possible implementation mannerof the first aspect, in a third possible implementation manner of thefirst aspect, the obtaining to-be-transmitted K bits includes: when amodulation order corresponding to the codebook is M, obtaining log₂ (M)bits from each layer of data stream in W layers of data streams to formthe K bits, where W and M are integers greater than 1.

With reference to the first aspect, the first possible implementationmanner of the first aspect, the second possible implementation manner ofthe first aspect, or the third possible implementation manner of thefirst aspect, in a fourth possible implementation manner of the firstaspect, the codebook includes a part or all of codewords in a codebook 1in the embodiments of the present invention when K is equal to 6.

With reference to the first aspect, the first possible implementationmanner of the first aspect, the second possible implementation manner ofthe first aspect, or the third possible implementation manner of thefirst aspect, in a fifth possible implementation manner of the firstaspect, the codebook includes a part or all of codewords in a codebook 2in the embodiments of the present invention when K is equal to 12.

With reference to the first aspect, the first possible implementationmanner of the first aspect, the second possible implementation manner ofthe first aspect, the third possible implementation manner of the firstaspect, the fourth possible implementation manner of the first aspect,or the fifth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, in asixth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the datatransmission method is executed by a user terminal or a base station.

A second aspect of the present invention provides a data transmissionmethod. The method includes obtaining to-be-transmitted K bits. Themethod also includes mapping the K bits to F resource units, where eachbit in the K bits is mapped to at least two resource units in the Fresource units, and K and F are integers greater than 1. The method alsoincludes mapping the bits mapped to the F resource units to a modulationsymbol for transmission.

With reference to the second aspect, in a first possible implementationmanner of the second aspect, the mapping the K bits to F resource unitsincludes: dividing the K bits into V bit sequences; and mapping the Vbit sequences to the F resource units, where each bit sequence in the Vbit sequences is mapped to at least two resource units in the F resourceunits, and V is an integer that is greater than 1 and less than or equalto K.

With reference to the first possible implementation manner of the secondaspect, in a second possible implementation manner of the second aspect,the V bit sequences are mapped to V resource unit groups, the V resourceunit groups include different resource units, the V resource unit groupsare in a one-to-one correspondence with the V bit sequences, and eachresource unit group in the V resource unit groups includes at least tworesource units in the F resource units.

With reference to the second possible implementation manner of thesecond aspect, in a third possible implementation manner of the secondaspect, a resource unit group i in the V resource unit groups includes aresource unit i₁ and a resource unit i₂, and a resource unit group j inthe V resource unit groups includes a resource unit j₁ and the resourceunit i₂.

With reference to the second aspect, the first possible implementationmanner of the second aspect, the second possible implementation mannerof the second aspect, or the third possible implementation manner of thesecond aspect, in a fourth possible implementation manner of the secondaspect, the mapping the bits mapped to the F resource units to amodulation symbol for transmission includes: mapping, based on aconstellation diagram, the bits mapped to the F resource units to themodulation symbol for transmission, where a constellation diagram usedfor mapping y bits mapped to a resource unit j in the F resource unitsto the modulation symbol for transmission is a constellation diagram x;if y is an even number, the constellation diagram x is a square Grayconstellation that includes 2^(y) constellation points, and/or if y isan odd number, the constellation diagram x is a cross Gray constellationthat includes 2^(y) constellation points.

With reference to the second aspect, the first possible implementationmanner of the second aspect, the second possible implementation mannerof the second aspect, the third possible implementation manner of thesecond aspect, or the fourth possible implementation manner of thesecond aspect, in a fifth possible implementation manner of the secondaspect, a bit a in the K bits is mapped to f1 resource units in the Fresource units, and a bit b in the K bits is mapped to f2 resource unitsin the F resource units, where the bit a mapped to the f1 resource unitsis separately mapped to f1 bit carry positions on the modulation symbol,and the bit b mapped to the f2 resource units is separately mapped to f2bit carry positions on the modulation symbol; a sum of transmissionreliability indicator values corresponding to the f1 bit carry positionsis f1⁺, and a sum of transmission reliability indicator valuescorresponding to the f2 bit carry positions is f2⁺, where an absolutevalue of a difference between f1⁺ and f2⁺ is less than or equal to athird threshold; and the bit a and the bit b are any two bits in the Kbits; a larger transmission reliability indicator value indicates highertransmission reliability of a corresponding bit carry position, or asmaller transmission reliability indicator value indicates highertransmission reliability of a corresponding bit carry position.

With reference to the second aspect, the first possible implementationmanner of the second aspect, the second possible implementation mannerof the second aspect, the third possible implementation manner of thesecond aspect, or the fourth possible implementation manner of thesecond aspect, in a sixth possible implementation manner of the secondaspect, a bit c in the K bits is mapped to f3 resource units in the Fresource units, and a bit d in the K bits is mapped to f4 resource unitsin the F resource units, where the bit c mapped to the f3 resource unitsis separately mapped to f3 bit carry positions on the modulation symbol,and the bit d mapped to the f4 resource units is separately mapped to f4bit carry positions on the modulation symbol; a sum of transmissionreliability indicator values corresponding to the f3 bit carry positionsis f3⁺, and a sum of transmission reliability indicator valuescorresponding to the f4 bit carry positions is f4⁺; the bit c and thebit d are any two bits in the K bits; and if importance of the bit c isgreater than importance of the bit d, and a larger transmissionreliability indicator value indicates higher transmission reliability ofa corresponding bit carry position, f3⁺ is greater than f4⁺; or ifimportance of the bit c is greater than importance of the bit d, and asmaller transmission reliability indicator value indicates highertransmission reliability of a corresponding bit carry position, f3⁺ isless than f4⁺.

With reference to the sixth possible implementation manner of the secondaspect, in a seventh possible implementation manner of the secondaspect, the to-be-transmitted K bits are obtained by performing, basedon a turbo code, channel coding on W₀ original data streamscorresponding to W users, the bit c is a system bit, the bit d is acheck bit, and the importance of the bit c is greater than theimportance of the bit d; or the to-be-transmitted K bits are obtained byperforming, based on a low density parity check code, channel coding onW0 original data streams corresponding to W users, a degree of the bit cis greater than a degree of the bit d, and the importance of the bit cis greater than the importance of the bit d.

A third aspect of the present invention provides a data transmissionapparatus. The apparatus includes an obtaining unit, configured toobtain to-be-transmitted K bits. The apparatus also includes a mappingunit, configured to map the K bits to F resource units according to acodebook and a value of the K bits, so as to obtain a codeword C_(K)that is to be transmitted by using the F resource units, where thecodebook includes S codewords in a one-to-one mapping relationship withS different values of the K bits, S is less than or equal to 2^(K), eachcodeword in the S codewords is a complex number vector that includes Fcomplex numbers, a difference between the i^(th) value and the j^(th)value of the K bits is that a value of only one bit is different, acodeword that is included in the codebook and in a mapping relationshipwith the i^(th) value is a codeword G, and a codeword that is includedin the codebook and in a mapping relationship with the j^(th) value is acodeword C_(j), where the codeword C_(i) does not include a complexnumber Z_(j1), and a complex number Z_(j2) that are included in thecodeword C_(j), K, F, and S are integers greater than 1, i is not equalto j, and i and j are positive integers less than or equal to S. Theapparatus also includes a sending unit, configured to send the codewordC_(K) by using the F resource units.

With reference to the third aspect, in a first possible implementationmanner of the third aspect, a codeword C_(p) does not include a complexnumber Z_(q1) and a complex number Z_(q2) that are included in acodeword C_(q), where the codeword C_(p) and the codeword C_(q) are anytwo codewords in S1 codewords, and the S1 codewords are a part or all ofthe S codewords.

With reference to the third aspect, in a second possible implementationmanner of the third aspect, a value of a complex number Z_(u1) at aposition α in a codeword C_(u) is different from that of a complexnumber Z_(e1) at a position α in a codeword C_(e), a value of a complexnumber Z_(u2) at a position β in the codeword C_(u) is different fromthat of a complex number Z_(e2) at a position β in the codeword C_(e),the codeword C_(u) and the codeword C_(e) are any two codewords in S2codewords, and the S2 codewords are a part or all of the S codewords.

With reference to the third aspect, the first possible implementationmanner of the third aspect, or the second possible implementation mannerof the third aspect, in a third possible implementation manner of thethird aspect, the obtaining unit is specifically configured to: when amodulation order corresponding to the codebook is M, obtain log₂ (M)bits from each layer of data stream in W layers of data streams to formthe K bits, where W and M are integers greater than 1.

With reference to the third aspect, the first possible implementationmanner of the third aspect, the second possible implementation manner ofthe third aspect, or the third possible implementation manner of thethird aspect, in a fourth possible implementation manner of the thirdaspect, the codebook includes a part or all of codewords in a codebook 1in the embodiments of the present invention when K is equal to 6.

With reference to the third aspect, the first possible implementationmanner of the third aspect, the second possible implementation manner ofthe third aspect, or the third possible implementation manner of thethird aspect, in a fifth possible implementation manner of the thirdaspect, the codebook includes a part or all of codewords in a codebook 2in the embodiments of the present invention when K is equal to 12.

With reference to the third aspect, the first possible implementationmanner of the third aspect, the second possible implementation manner ofthe third aspect, the third possible implementation manner of the thirdaspect, the fourth possible implementation manner of the third aspect,or the fifth possible implementation manner of the third aspect, in asixth possible implementation manner of the third aspect, the datatransmission apparatus is deployed on a user terminal or a base station,or the data transmission apparatus is a user terminal or a base station.

A fourth aspect of the present invention provides a data transmissionapparatus. The apparatus also includes an obtaining unit, configured toobtain to-be-transmitted K bits. The apparatus also includes a mappingunit, configured to map the K bits to F resource units, where each bitin the K bits is mapped to at least two resource units in the F resourceunits, and K and F are integers greater than 1. The apparatus alsoincludes a sending unit, configured to map the bits mapped to the Fresource units to a modulation symbol for transmission.

With reference to the fourth aspect, in a first possible implementationmanner of the fourth aspect, the mapping unit is specifically configuredto divide the K bits into V bit sequences, and map the V bit sequencesto the F resource units, where each bit sequence in the V bit sequencesis mapped to at least two resource units in the F resource units, and Vis an integer that is greater than 1 and less than or equal to K.

With reference to the first possible implementation manner of the fourthaspect, in a second possible implementation manner of the fourth aspect,the V bit sequences are mapped to V resource unit groups, the V resourceunit groups include different resource units, the V resource unit groupsare in a one-to-one correspondence with the V bit sequences, and eachresource unit group in the V resource unit groups includes at least tworesource units in the F resource units.

With reference to the second possible implementation manner of thefourth aspect, in a third possible implementation manner of the fourthaspect, a resource unit group i in the V resource unit groups includes aresource unit i₁ and a resource unit i₂, and a resource unit group j inthe V resource unit groups includes a resource unit j₁ and the resourceunit i₂.

With reference to the fourth aspect, the first possible implementationmanner of the fourth aspect, the second possible implementation mannerof the fourth aspect, or the third possible implementation manner of thefourth aspect, in a fourth possible implementation manner of the fourthaspect, the sending unit is specifically configured to map, based on aconstellation diagram, the bits mapped to the F resource units to themodulation symbol for transmission, where a constellation diagram usedfor mapping y bits mapped to a resource unit j in the F resource unitsto the modulation symbol for transmission is a constellation diagram x;if y is an even number, the constellation diagram x is a square Grayconstellation that includes 2^(y) constellation points, and/or if y isan odd number, the constellation diagram x is a cross Gray constellationthat includes 2^(y) constellation points.

With reference to the fourth aspect, the first possible implementationmanner of the fourth aspect, the second possible implementation mannerof the fourth aspect, the third possible implementation manner of thefourth aspect, or the fourth possible implementation manner of thefourth aspect, in a fifth possible implementation manner of the fourthaspect, a bit a in the K bits is mapped to f1 resource units in the Fresource units, and a bit b in the K bits is mapped to f2 resource unitsin the F resource units, where the bit a mapped to the f1 resource unitsis separately mapped to f1 bit carry positions on the modulation symbol,and the bit b mapped to the f2 resource units is separately mapped to f2bit carry positions on the modulation symbol; a sum of transmissionreliability indicator values corresponding to the f1 bit carry positionsis f1⁺, and a sum of transmission reliability indicator valuescorresponding to the f2 bit carry positions is f2⁺, where an absolutevalue of a difference between f1⁺ and f2⁺ is less than or equal to athird threshold; and the bit a and the bit b are any two bits in the Kbits; a larger transmission reliability indicator value indicates highertransmission reliability of a corresponding bit carry position, or asmaller transmission reliability indicator value indicates highertransmission reliability of a corresponding bit carry position.

With reference to the fourth aspect, the first possible implementationmanner of the fourth aspect, the second possible implementation mannerof the fourth aspect, the third possible implementation manner of thefourth aspect, or the fourth possible implementation manner of thefourth aspect, in a sixth possible implementation manner of the fourthaspect, a bit c in the K bits is mapped to f3 resource units in the Fresource units, and a bit d in the K bits is mapped to f4 resource unitsin the F resource units, where the bit c mapped to the f3 resource unitsis separately mapped to f3 bit carry positions on the modulation symbol,and the bit d mapped to the f4 resource units is separately mapped to f4bit carry positions on the modulation symbol; a sum of transmissionreliability indicator values corresponding to the f3 bit carry positionsis f3⁺, and a sum of transmission reliability indicator valuescorresponding to the f4 bit carry positions is f4⁺; the bit c and thebit d are any two bits in the K bits; and if importance of the bit c isgreater than importance of the bit d, and a larger transmissionreliability indicator value indicates higher transmission reliability ofa corresponding bit carry position, f3⁺ is greater than f4⁺; or ifimportance of the bit c is greater than importance of the bit d, and asmaller transmission reliability indicator value indicates highertransmission reliability of a corresponding bit carry position, f3⁺ isless than f4⁺.

With reference to the sixth possible implementation manner of the fourthaspect, in a seventh possible implementation manner of the fourthaspect, the to-be-transmitted K bits are obtained by performing, basedon a turbo code, channel coding on W₀ original data streamscorresponding to W users, the bit c is a system bit, the bit d is acheck bit, and the importance of the bit c is greater than theimportance of the bit d; or the to-be-transmitted K bits are obtained byperforming, based on a low density parity check code, channel coding onW0 original data streams corresponding to W users, a degree of the bit cis greater than a degree of the bit d, and the importance of the bit cis greater than the importance of the bit d.

A fifth aspect of the present invention provides a data transmissionapparatus. The apparatus includes a processor, a memory, and atransmitter that are connected to each other by using a bus. Theprocessor is configured to obtain to-be-transmitted K bits, and map theK bits to F resource units according to a codebook and a value of the Kbits, so as to obtain a codeword C_(K) that is to be transmitted byusing the F resource units, where the codebook includes S codewords in aone-to-one mapping relationship with S different values of the K bits, Sis less than or equal to 2^(K), each codeword in the S codewords is acomplex number vector that includes F complex numbers, a differencebetween the i^(th) value and the j^(th) value of the K bits is that avalue of only one bit is different, a codeword that is included in thecodebook and in a mapping relationship with the i^(th) value is acodeword G, and a codeword that is included in the codebook and in amapping relationship with the j^(th) value is a codeword C_(j), wherethe codeword C_(i) does not include a complex number Z_(j1) and acomplex number Z_(j2) that are included in the codeword C_(j), K, F, andS are integers greater than 1, i is not equal to j, and i and j arepositive integers less than or equal to S. The transmitter is configuredto send the codeword C_(K) by using the F resource units.

With reference to the fifth aspect, in a first possible implementationmanner of the fifth aspect, a codeword C_(p) does not include a complexnumber Z_(q1) and a complex number Z_(q2) that are included in acodeword C_(q), where the codeword C_(p) and the codeword C_(q) are anytwo codewords in S1 codewords, and the S1 codewords are a part or all ofthe S codewords.

With reference to the fifth aspect, in a second possible implementationmanner of the fifth aspect, a value of a complex number Z_(u1) at aposition α in a codeword C_(u) is different from that of a complexnumber Z_(e1) at a position α in a codeword C_(e), a value of a complexnumber Z_(u2) at a position β in the codeword C_(u) is different fromthat of a complex number Z_(e2) at a position β in the codeword C_(e),the codeword C_(u) and the codeword C_(e) are any two codewords in S2codewords, and the S2 codewords are a part or all of the S codewords.

With reference to the fifth aspect, the first possible implementationmanner of the fifth aspect, or the second possible implementation mannerof the fifth aspect, in a third possible implementation manner of thefifth aspect, the processor is configured to: when a modulation ordercorresponding to the codebook is M, obtain log₂ (M) bits from each layerof data stream in W layers of data streams to form the K bits, where Wand M are integers greater than 1.

With reference to the fifth aspect, the first possible implementationmanner of the fifth aspect, the second possible implementation manner ofthe fifth aspect, or the third possible implementation manner of thefifth aspect, in a fourth possible implementation manner of the fifthaspect, the codebook includes a part or all of codewords in a codebook 1in the embodiments of the present invention when K is equal to 6.

With reference to the fifth aspect, the first possible implementationmanner of the fifth aspect, the second possible implementation manner ofthe fifth aspect, or the third possible implementation manner of thefifth aspect, in a fifth possible implementation manner of the fifthaspect, the codebook includes a part or all of codewords in a codebook 2in the embodiments of the present invention when K is equal to 12.

With reference to the fifth aspect, the first possible implementationmanner of the fifth aspect, the second possible implementation manner ofthe fifth aspect, the third possible implementation manner of the fifthaspect, the fourth possible implementation manner of the fifth aspect,or the fifth possible implementation manner of the fifth aspect, in asixth possible implementation manner of the fifth aspect, the datatransmission apparatus is deployed on a user terminal or a base station,or the data transmission apparatus is a user terminal or a base station.

A sixth aspect of the present invention provides a data transmissionapparatus. The apparatus includes a processor, a memory, and atransmitter that are connected to each other by using a bus. Theprocessor is configured to obtain to-be-transmitted K bits, and map theK bits to F resource units, where each bit in the K bits is mapped to atleast two resource units in the F resource units, and K and F areintegers greater than 1. The transmitter is configured to map the bitsmapped to the F resource units to a modulation symbol for transmission.

With reference to the sixth aspect, in a first possible implementationmanner of the sixth aspect, the processor is configured to divide the Kbits into V bit sequences, and map the V bit sequences to the F resourceunits, where each bit sequence in the V bit sequences is mapped to atleast two resource units in the F resource units, and V is an integerthat is greater than 1 and less than or equal to K.

With reference to the first possible implementation manner of the sixthaspect, in a second possible implementation manner of the sixth aspect,the V bit sequences are mapped to V resource unit groups, the V resourceunit groups include different resource units, the V resource unit groupsare in a one-to-one correspondence with the V bit sequences, and eachresource unit group in the V resource unit groups includes at least tworesource units in the F resource units.

With reference to the second possible implementation manner of the sixthaspect, in a third possible implementation manner of the sixth aspect, aresource unit group i in the V resource unit groups includes a resourceunit i₁ and a resource unit i₂, and a resource unit group j in the Vresource unit groups includes a resource unit j₁ and the resource uniti₂.

With reference to the sixth aspect, the first possible implementationmanner of the sixth aspect, the second possible implementation manner ofthe sixth aspect, or the third possible implementation manner of thesixth aspect, in a fourth possible implementation manner of the sixthaspect, the transmitter is specifically configured to map, based on aconstellation diagram, the bits mapped to the F resource units to themodulation symbol for transmission, where a constellation diagram usedfor mapping y bits mapped to a resource unit j in the F resource unitsto the modulation symbol for transmission is a constellation diagram x;if y is an even number, the constellation diagram x is a square Grayconstellation that includes 2^(y) constellation points, and/or if y isan odd number, the constellation diagram x is a cross Gray constellationthat includes 2^(y) constellation points.

With reference to the sixth aspect, the first possible implementationmanner of the sixth aspect, the second possible implementation manner ofthe sixth aspect, the third possible implementation manner of the sixthaspect, or the fourth possible implementation manner of the sixthaspect, in a fifth possible implementation manner of the sixth aspect, abit a in the K bits is mapped to f1 resource units in the F resourceunits, and a bit b in the K bits is mapped to f2 resource units in the Fresource units, where the bit a mapped to the f1 resource units isseparately mapped to f1 bit carry positions on the modulation symbol,and the bit b mapped to the f2 resource units is separately mapped to f2bit carry positions on the modulation symbol; a sum of transmissionreliability indicator values corresponding to the f1 bit carry positionsis f1⁺, and a sum of transmission reliability indicator valuescorresponding to the f2 bit carry positions is f2⁺, where an absolutevalue of a difference between f1⁺ and f2⁺ is less than or equal to athird threshold; and the bit a and the bit b are any two bits in the Kbits; a larger transmission reliability indicator value indicates highertransmission reliability of a corresponding bit carry position, or asmaller transmission reliability indicator value indicates highertransmission reliability of a corresponding bit carry position.

With reference to the sixth aspect, the first possible implementationmanner of the sixth aspect, the second possible implementation manner ofthe sixth aspect, the third possible implementation manner of the sixthaspect, or the fourth possible implementation manner of the sixthaspect, in a sixth possible implementation manner of the sixth aspect, abit c in the K bits is mapped to f3 resource units in the F resourceunits, and a bit d in the K bits is mapped to f4 resource units in the Fresource units, where the bit c mapped to the f3 resource units isseparately mapped to f3 bit carry positions on the modulation symbol,and the bit d mapped to the f4 resource units is separately mapped to f4bit carry positions on the modulation symbol; a sum of transmissionreliability indicator values corresponding to the f3 bit carry positionsis f3⁺, and a sum of transmission reliability indicator valuescorresponding to the f4 bit carry positions is f4⁺; the bit c and thebit d are any two bits in the K bits; and if importance of the bit c isgreater than importance of the bit d, and a larger transmissionreliability indicator value indicates higher transmission reliability ofa corresponding bit carry position, f3⁺ is greater than f4⁺; or ifimportance of the bit c is greater than importance of the bit d, and asmaller transmission reliability indicator value indicates highertransmission reliability of a corresponding bit carry position, f3⁺ isless than f4⁺.

With reference to the sixth possible implementation manner of the sixthaspect, in a seventh possible implementation manner of the sixth aspect,the to-be-transmitted K bits are obtained by performing, based on aturbo code, channel coding on W₀ original data streams corresponding toW users, the bit c is a system bit, the bit d is a check bit, and theimportance of the bit c is greater than the importance of the bit d; orthe to-be-transmitted K bits are obtained by performing, based on a lowdensity parity check code, channel coding on W0 original data streamscorresponding to W users, a degree of the bit c is greater than a degreeof the bit d, and the importance of the bit c is greater than theimportance of the bit d.

It can be learned that in some technical solutions of the embodiments ofthe present invention, a transmit end maps to-be-transmitted K bits to Fresource units, where each bit in the K bits is mapped to at least tworesource units in the F resource units, and K and F are integers greaterthan 1; and maps the bits mapped to the F resource units to a modulationsymbol for transmission. Because each to-be-transmitted bit is mapped toat least two resource units in the F resource units, that is, each bitis redundantly transmitted on at least two resource units when data isbeing transmitted, bit transmission reliability is improved to someextent.

In other technical solutions of the embodiments of the presentinvention, according to a codebook and a value of to-be-transmitted Kbits, a transmit end maps the K bits to F resource units to obtain acodeword C_(K) that is to be transmitted by using the F resource units,where because the codebook includes S codewords in a one-to-one mappingrelationship with S different values of the K bits, each codeword in theS codewords is a complex number vector that includes F complex numbers.When a difference between the i^(th) value and the j^(th) value of the Kbits is that a value of only one bit is different, a codeword that isincluded in the codebook and in a mapping relationship with the i^(th)value is a codeword G, a codeword that is included in the codebook andin a mapping relationship with the j^(th) value is a codeword C_(j), andthe codeword C_(i) does not include a complex number Z_(j1) and acomplex number Z_(j2) that are included in the codeword C_(j), if avalue of a bit in the K bits is changed, at least two complex numbers ina corresponding codeword are changed accordingly. Complex numbers in acodeword are in a one-to-one mapping relationship with the resourceunits, that is, each bit in the K bits is mapped to at least tworesource units in the F resource units. Because each to-be-transmittedbit is mapped to at least two resource units in the F resource units,that is, each bit is redundantly transmitted on at least two resourceunits when data is being transmitted, bit transmission reliability isimproved to some extent.

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To describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the presentinvention more clearly, the following briefly describes the accompanyingdrawings required for describing the embodiments. Apparently, theaccompanying drawings in the following description show merely someembodiments of the present invention, and persons of ordinary skill inthe art may still derive other drawings from these accompanying drawingswithout creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a schematic flowchart of a data transmission method accordingto an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2-a is a schematic flowchart of a data transmission methodaccording to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2-b is a schematic diagram of a constellation diagram according toan embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2-c is a schematic diagram of mapping a bit sequence to a resourceunit according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2-d is a schematic diagram of computation amount comparisonaccording to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2-e is another schematic diagram of computation amount comparisonaccording to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2-f is a schematic diagram of bit error rate simulation andcomparison according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic flowchart of a data transmission method accordingto an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a data transmission apparatus accordingto an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a data transmission apparatus accordingto an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a data transmission apparatus accordingto an embodiment of the present invention; and

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a data transmission apparatus accordingto an embodiment of the present invention.

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Embodiments of the present invention provide a data transmission method,a related device, and a communications system, so as to improve bittransmission reliability.

To make the invention objectives, features, and advantages of thepresent invention clearer and more comprehensible, the followingdescribes the technical solutions in the embodiments of the presentinvention with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodimentsof the present invention. Apparently, the embodiments described aremerely a part rather than all of the embodiments of the presentinvention. All other embodiments obtained by persons of ordinary skillin the art based on the embodiments of the present invention withoutcreative efforts shall fall within the protection scope of the presentinvention.

In the specification, claims, and accompanying drawings of the presentinvention, the terms “first”, “second”, “third”, “fourth”, and so on areintended to distinguish between different objects but do not indicate aparticular order. In addition, the terms “including”, “possessing”, orany other variant thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusiveinclusion. For example, a process, a method, a system, a product, or adevice that includes a series of steps or units is not limited to thelisted steps or units, but optionally further includes an unlisted stepor unit, or optionally further includes another inherent step or unit ofthe process, the method, the product, or the device.

In an embodiment of the data transmission method of the presentinvention, the data transmission method includes: obtainingto-be-transmitted K bits; mapping the K bits to F resource units, whereeach bit in the K bits is mapped to at least two resource units in the Fresource units, and K and F are integers greater than 1; and mapping thebits mapped to the F resource units to a modulation symbol fortransmission.

Referring to FIG. 1, FIG. 1 is a schematic flowchart of a datatransmission method according to an embodiment of the present invention.For example, as shown in FIG. 1, the data transmission method providedin this embodiment of the present invention may include the followingsteps.

101. Obtain to-be-transmitted K bits.

The K bits are obtained by performing channel coding on original datastreams corresponding to W users, where W is a positive integer. Forexample, W may be equal to 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, or another value. That is,the K bits are bits obtained by performing channel coding.

For example, the K bits are obtained by performing, based on a lowdensity parity check code (English: low density parity check code, LDPCfor short), a turbo code, or another code, channel coding on theoriginal data streams corresponding to the W users. Each user in the Wusers may correspond to one or more original data streams.

102. Map the K bits to F resource units, where each bit in the K bits ismapped to at least two resource units in the F resource units, and K andF are integers greater than 1.

The resource unit mentioned in this embodiment of the present inventionrefers to a resource unit of an air interface.

For example, K may be equal to 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 50, 101, 505, 2029,or another value. The K bits may be from one or more data streams. Ifthe K bits are from multiple data streams, the multiple data streams maybe data streams corresponding to one or more users. It may be understoodthat because a value of K may be any integer greater than 1, thetechnical solution of this embodiment may be a data transmission methodfor any rate.

Importance of all bits in the K bits may be the same or different.

103. Map the bits mapped to the F resource units to a modulation symbolfor transmission.

It can be learned that in the technical solution of this embodiment,to-be-transmitted K bits are mapped to F resource units, where each bitin the K bits is mapped to at least two resource units in the F resourceunits, and K and F are integers greater than 1; and the bits mapped tothe F resource units are mapped to a modulation symbol for transmission.Because each to-be-transmitted bit is mapped to at least two resourceunits in the F resource units, that is, each bit is redundantlytransmitted on at least two resource units when data is beingtransmitted, bit transmission reliability is improved to some extent.

Optionally, in some possible implementation manners of the presentinvention, the mapping the K bits to F resource units may include:dividing the K bits into V bit sequences, and mapping the V bitsequences to the F resource units, where each bit sequence in the V bitsequences is mapped to at least two resource units in the F resourceunits, and V is an integer that is greater than 1 and less than or equalto K.

Optionally, in some possible implementation manners of the presentinvention, the dividing the K bits into V bit sequences may include:dividing the K bits into the V bit sequences by using a randomalgorithm, a pseudo-random algorithm, an importance equalizationalgorithm, or another algorithm.

It may be understood that when V is equal to K, it indicates that eachbit in the K bits is classified as one bit sequence. When V is less thanK, it indicates that at least one bit sequence in the V bit sequencesincludes at least two bits in the K bits. Quantities of bits included intwo bit sequences in the V bit sequences may be the same or different.For example, when K is equal to 20, and V is equal to 20, it indicatesthat each bit in 20 bits is classified as one bit sequence. For anotherexample, when K is equal to 20, and V is equal to 5, it indicates that20 bits are divided into five bit sequences. The five bit sequences donot necessarily include a same quantity of bits. It is possible that abit sequence includes one bit, a bit sequence includes three bits, a bitsequence includes six bits, and a bit sequence includes another quantityof bits. It may be understood that, compared with mapping that uses abit as a granularity, mapping that uses a bit sequence as a granularityhelps reduce mapping complexity.

Importance of all bits in a same bit sequence may be the same ordifferent. That importance of all bits in a same bit sequence isdifferent means that importance of all bits in the same bit sequence isdifferent from each other, or means that importance of a part of allbits in the same bit sequence is the same. Importance of bits in twodifferent bit sequences may be the same or different. That importance ofbits in two different bit sequences is different means that importanceof each bit in one bit sequence is different from that of each bit inthe other bit sequence or importance of a part of all bits in one bitsequence is the same as that of a part of all bits in the other bitsequence.

The V bit sequences are mapped to V resource unit groups, the V resourceunit groups include different resource units, the V resource unit groupsare in a one-to-one correspondence with the V bit sequences, and eachresource unit group in the V resource unit groups includes at least tworesource units in the F resource units. Optionally, a resource unitgroup i in the V resource unit groups includes a resource unit i₁ and aresource unit i₂, and a resource unit group j in the V resource unitgroups includes a resource unit j₁ and the resource unit i₂. That is, anintersection set of resource units included in the resource unit group iand the resource unit group j in the V resource unit groups is anonempty set. Certainly, in another possible implementation manner, anintersection set of resource units included in any two resource unitgroups in the V resource unit groups may be an empty set.

Optionally, in some possible implementation manners of the presentinvention, a difference between a quantity of bit sequences mapped to aresource unit m₁ in the V bit sequences and a quantity of bit sequencesmapped to a resource unit n₁ in the V bit sequences is less than orequal to a first threshold, where the resource unit m₁ and the resourceunit n₁ are any two (or two specific) resource units in the F resourceunits. That is, quantities of bit sequences mapped to different resourceunits may be as even as possible to some extent. Certainly, in somescenarios, this evenness problem may not be considered. A value of thefirst threshold may be determined according to a specific evennessrequirement. For example, the first threshold may be equal to 1, 3, 6,9, 10, 21, or another value.

Still optionally, in some possible implementation manners of the presentinvention, a difference between a quantity of bits mapped to a resourceunit m₂ in the K bits and a quantity of bits mapped to a resource unitn₂ in the K bits is less than or equal to a second threshold, where theresource unit m₂ and the resource unit n₂ are any two (or two specific)resource units in the F resource units. That is, quantities of bitsmapped to different resource units may be as even as possible to someextent. Certainly, in some scenarios, this evenness problem may not beconsidered. A value of the second threshold may be determined accordingto a specific evenness requirement. For example, the second thresholdmay be equal to 1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 10, 21, or another value.

Optionally, in some possible implementation manners of the presentinvention, the mapping the bits mapped to the F resource units to amodulation symbol for transmission includes: mapping, based on aconstellation diagram (or in another manner), the bits mapped to the Fresource units to the modulation symbol for transmission.

Optionally, in some possible implementation manners of the presentinvention, a constellation diagram used for mapping y bits mapped to aresource unit j in the F resource units to the modulation symbol fortransmission is a constellation diagram x, where the constellationdiagram x corresponds to a value of y.

A correspondence between the constellation diagram x and the value of ymay be specifically varied. Optionally, in some possible implementationmanners of the present invention, if y is an even number, theconstellation diagram x is a square Gray constellation that includes2^(y) constellation points, and/or if y is an odd number, theconstellation diagram x is a cross Gray constellation that includes2^(y) constellation points.

Optionally, in some possible implementation manners of the presentinvention, a bit a in the K bits is mapped to f1 resource units in the Fresource units, and a bit b in the K bits is mapped to f2 resource unitsin the F resource units. The bit a mapped to the ft resource units isseparately mapped to f1 bit carry positions on the modulation symbol,and the bit b mapped to the f2 resource units is separately mapped to f2bit carry positions on the modulation symbol. A sum of transmissionreliability indicator values corresponding to the ft bit carry positionsis f1⁺, and a sum of transmission reliability indicator valuescorresponding to the f2 bit carry positions is f2⁺, where an absolutevalue of a difference between f1⁺ and f2⁺ is less than or equal to thethird threshold. The bit a and the bit b may be any two bits (or twospecific bits) in the K bits. A larger transmission reliabilityindicator value indicates higher transmission reliability of acorresponding bit carry position, or a smaller transmission reliabilityindicator value indicates higher transmission reliability of acorresponding bit carry position. It may be understood that becausetransmission reliability corresponding to all bits is as even aspossible, transmission reliability of the entire bits is improved.

Still optionally, in some possible implementation manners of the presentinvention, a bit c in the K bits is mapped to f3 resource units in the Fresource units, and a bit d in the K bits is mapped to f4 resource unitsin the F resource units. The bit c mapped to the f3 resource units isseparately mapped to f3 bit carry positions on the modulation symbol,and the bit d mapped to the f4 resource units is separately mapped to f4bit carry positions on the modulation symbol. A sum of transmissionreliability indicator values corresponding to the f3 bit carry positionsis f3⁺, and a sum of transmission reliability indicator valuescorresponding to the f4 bit carry positions is f4⁺. The bit c and thebit d are any two bits (or two specific bits) in the K bits. Ifimportance of the bit c is greater than importance of the bit d, and alarger transmission reliability indicator value indicates highertransmission reliability of a corresponding bit carry position, f3⁺ isgreater than f4⁺; or if importance of the bit c is greater thanimportance of the bit d, and a smaller transmission reliabilityindicator value indicates higher transmission reliability of acorresponding bit carry position, f3⁺ is less than f4⁺. It may beunderstood that because transmission reliability corresponding to a bitof high importance is greater than transmission reliabilitycorresponding to a bit of low importance, the bit of high importance istransmitted as reliably as possible, which helps improve transmissionreliability of the bit of high importance.

The foregoing any data transmission method provided in this embodimentmay be executed by, for example, a user terminal or a base station.

For ease of better understanding and implementation of the foregoingsolution of this embodiment of the present invention, some specificapplication scenarios are used as examples in the following description.

Referring to FIG. 2-a, FIG. 2-a is a schematic flowchart of a datatransmission method according to another embodiment of the presentinvention. For example, as shown in FIG. 2-a, the data transmissionmethod provided in the another embodiment of the present invention mayinclude the following steps.

201. Obtain W₀ original data streams corresponding to W users.

Each user in the W users may correspond to one or more original datastreams, where W is a positive integer. For example, W may be equal to1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 16, or another value. W₀ is a positive integergreater than or equal to W. For example, W₀ may be equal to 1, 2, 3, 4,6, 8, 9, 16, or another value.

202. Perform channel coding on the W₀ original data streamscorresponding to the W users to obtain to-be-transmitted K bits.

K is an integer greater than 1.

The W₀ original data streams corresponding to the W users include K₀bits in total.

K₀=K×R, where R is a coding rate of the channel coding.

In some possible implementation manners of the present invention, thechannel coding may be performed, based on a low density parity checkcode or a turbo code or in another channel coding manner, on the W₀original data streams corresponding to the W users to obtain theto-be-transmitted K bits.

At least one codeword may be obtained by performing channel coding oneach original data stream corresponding to the W users, and eachcodeword may include at least one data stream. For example, it isassumed that one original data stream corresponding to one user isobtained, and it is assumed that four codewords are obtained byperforming channel coding on the one original data stream correspondingto the one user, where each codeword may include three data streams andeach data stream in the three data streams includes n bits; in thiscase, K=n×3×4. For another example, it is assumed that two original datastreams corresponding to two users are obtained, and four codewords maybe obtained by performing channel coding on the two original datastreams corresponding to the two users, where each codeword includes twodata streams and each data stream in the two data streams includes nbits; in this case, K=n×2×4. Other cases can be deduced from this.

203. Divide the K bits into V bit sequences.

Optionally, in some possible implementation manners of the presentinvention, the dividing the K bits into V bit sequences may include:dividing the K bits into the V bit sequences by using a randomalgorithm, a pseudo-random algorithm, an importance equalizationalgorithm, or another algorithm.

204. Map the V bit sequences to F resource units.

V is an integer that is greater than 1 and less than or equal to K.

Each bit sequence in the V bit sequences is mapped to at least tworesource units in the F resource units.

It may be understood that when V is equal to K, it indicates that eachbit in the K bits is classified as one bit sequence. When V is less thanK, it indicates that at least one bit sequence in the V bit sequencesincludes at least two bits in the K bits. Quantities of bits included intwo bit sequences in the V bit sequences may be the same or different.For example, when K is equal to 20, and V is equal to 20, it indicatesthat each bit in 20 bits is classified as one bit sequence. For anotherexample, when K is equal to 20, and V is equal to 5, it indicates that20 bits are divided into five bit sequences. The five bit sequences donot necessarily include a same quantity of bits. It is possible that abit sequence includes one bit, a bit sequence includes three bits, a bitsequence includes six bits, and a bit sequence includes another quantityof bits. It may be understood that, compared with mapping that uses abit as a granularity, mapping that uses a bit sequence as a granularityhelps reduce mapping complexity.

The V bit sequences are mapped to V resource unit groups, and the Vresource unit groups include different resource units. A set of allresource units included in the V resource unit groups is a subset of aset of the F resource units. Quantities of resource units included inthe V resource unit groups may be equal or not equal.

The V resource unit groups are in a one-to-one correspondence with the Vbit sequences.

Each resource unit group in the V resource unit groups includes at leasttwo resource units in the F resource units. It may be understood thatbecause each resource unit group includes at least two resource units inthe F resource units, each bit sequence in the V bit sequences is mappedto at least two resource units.

For example, a resource unit group i in the V resource unit groupsincludes a resource unit i₁ and a resource unit i₂, and a resource unitgroup j in the V resource unit groups includes a resource unit j₁ andthe resource unit i₂. If a bit sequence v1 in the V bit sequences ismapped to the resource unit group i₁ it indicates that the bit sequencev1 is mapped to the resource unit i₁ and the resource unit i₂ in theresource unit group i. If a bit sequence v2 in the V bit sequences ismapped to the resource unit group j, it indicates that the bit sequencev2 is mapped to the resource unit j₁ and the resource unit i₂ in theresource unit group j. That is, an intersection set of resource unitsincluded in the resource unit group i and the resource unit group j inthe V resource unit groups is a nonempty set. The resource unit group iand the resource unit group j in the V resource unit groups may be twospecific or any two resource unit groups in the V resource unit groups.It may be understood that when the intersection set of resource unitsincluded in the resource unit group i and the resource unit group j inthe V resource unit groups is a nonempty set, it indicates that resourceunits to which the two bit sequences are mapped are not entirelydifferent. This can implement, to some extent, that some bit sequencesare non-orthogonally mapped to resource units. Because this redundantmapping manner is relatively flexible, flexibility and controllabilityof a modulation rate are improved.

In some other possible implementation manners, an intersection set ofresource units included in any two resource unit groups in the Vresource unit groups may be an empty set, that is, any resource unit inthe F resource units may belong to only one resource unit group in the Vresource unit groups.

Optionally, in some possible implementation manners of the presentinvention, a difference between a quantity of bit sequences mapped to aresource unit m₁ in the V bit sequences and a quantity of bit sequencesmapped to a resource unit n₁ in the V bit sequences is less than orequal to a first threshold, where the resource unit m₁ and the resourceunit n₁ are any two (or two specific) resource units in the F resourceunits. That is, quantities of bit sequences mapped to different resourceunits may be as even as possible to some extent. Certainly, in somescenarios, this evenness problem may not be considered. A value of thefirst threshold may be determined according to a specific evennessrequirement. For example, the first threshold may be equal to 1, 3, 6,9, 10, 21, or another value.

Still optionally, in some possible implementation manners of the presentinvention, a difference between a quantity of bits mapped to a resourceunit m₂ in the K bits and a quantity of bits mapped to a resource unitn₂ in the K bits is less than or equal to a second threshold, where theresource unit m₂ and the resource unit n₂ are any two (or two specific)resource units in the F resource units. That is, quantities of bitsmapped to different resource units may be as even as possible to someextent. Certainly, in some scenarios, this evenness problem may not beconsidered. A value of the second threshold may be determined accordingto a specific evenness requirement. For example, the second thresholdmay be equal to 1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 10, 21, or another value.

205. Map the bits mapped to the F resource units to a modulation symbolfor transmission.

Optionally, in some possible implementation manners of the presentinvention, the mapping the bits mapped to the F resource units to amodulation symbol for transmission includes: mapping, based on aconstellation diagram (or in another manner), the bits mapped to the Fresource units to the modulation symbol for transmission. Aconstellation diagram used for mapping bits mapped to a resource unit jin the F resource units to the modulation symbol for transmission may bethe same as or different from a constellation diagram used for mappingbits mapped to a resource unit i in the F resource units to themodulation symbol for transmission, where the resource unit j and theresource unit i may be two specific or any two resource units in the Fresource units.

Optionally, in some possible implementation manners of the presentinvention, a constellation diagram used for mapping y bits mapped to aresource unit j in the F resource units to the modulation symbol fortransmission is a constellation diagram x, where the constellationdiagram x corresponds to a value of y.

A correspondence between the constellation diagram x and the value of ymay be specifically varied. Optionally, in some possible implementationmanners of the present invention, if y is an even number, theconstellation diagram x is a square Gray constellation that includes2^(y) constellation points, and/or if y is an odd number, theconstellation diagram x is a cross Gray constellation that includes2^(y) constellation points.

For example, as shown in FIG. 2-b, for a resource unit, if the resourceunit carries y bits each time, a constellation diagram that includes2^(y) constellation points is selected. Constellation point mapping: Acorresponding constellation point in the constellation diagram may beselected according to a bit mapping relationship and a value of the ybits. For example, constellation diagrams corresponding to severaldifferent values of y are shown in FIG. 2-b.

Optionally, in some possible implementation manners of the presentinvention, a bit a in the K bits is mapped to f1 resource units in the Fresource units, and a bit b in the K bits is mapped to f2 resource unitsin the F resource units. The bit a mapped to the f1 resource units isseparately mapped to f1 bit carry positions on the modulation symbol,and the bit b mapped to the f2 resource units is separately mapped to f2bit carry positions on the modulation symbol. A sum of transmissionreliability indicator values corresponding to the f1 bit carry positionsis f1⁺, and a sum of transmission reliability indicator valuescorresponding to the f2 bit carry positions is f2⁺, where an absolutevalue of a difference between f1⁺ and f2⁺ is less than or equal to thethird threshold. The bit a and the bit b may be any two bits (or twospecific bits) in the K bits. A larger transmission reliabilityindicator value indicates higher transmission reliability of acorresponding bit carry position, or a smaller transmission reliabilityindicator value indicates higher transmission reliability of acorresponding bit carry position.

The following gives an example of a balance control manner fortransmission reliability of all bits in the K bits. If y bits are mappedto a resource unit, a corresponding constellation diagram is determinedaccording to y. Bit transmission reliability corresponding to the y bitsis determined according to the constellation diagram, and a weightedvalue wk (k=1, . . . , or y) is separately assigned to the y bits. Sameor similar initial weighted values Bi are assigned to all the bits inthe K bits. When bit mapping is being performed, each bit is positionedaccording to a weight of the bit. A bit with a large weighted value ispositioned at a bit carry position of high reliability, and Bi isupdated to Bi-wk. Then, the bit mapping continues to be performed in asimilar manner based on updated Bi.

Still optionally, in some possible implementation manners of the presentinvention, a bit c in the K bits is mapped to f3 resource units in the Fresource units, and a bit d in the K bits is mapped to f4 resource unitsin the F resource units. The bit c mapped to the f3 resource units isseparately mapped to f3 bit carry positions on the modulation symbol,and the bit d mapped to the f4 resource units is separately mapped to f4bit carry positions on the modulation symbol. A sum of transmissionreliability indicator values corresponding to the f3 bit carry positionsis f3⁺, and a sum of transmission reliability indicator valuescorresponding to the f4 bit carry positions is f4⁺. The bit c and thebit d are any two bits (or two specific bits) in the K bits. Ifimportance of the bit c is greater than importance of the bit d, and alarger transmission reliability indicator value indicates highertransmission reliability of a corresponding bit carry position, f3⁺ isgreater than f4⁺; or if importance of the bit c is greater thanimportance of the bit d, and a smaller transmission reliabilityindicator value indicates higher transmission reliability of acorresponding bit carry position, f3⁺ is less than f4⁺.

Certainly, in some other possible implementation manners of the presentinvention, the bits mapped to the F resource units may be mapped to themodulation symbol for transmission in a random manner or another manner.Importance of each bit mapped to the F resource units and reliability ofeach bit carry position are not considered when the bits mapped to the Fresource units are mapped to the modulation symbol in the random manner.

The foregoing any data transmission method provided in this embodimentmay be executed by, for example, a user terminal or a base station.

It can be learned that in the technical solution of this embodiment,after W₀ original data streams corresponding to W users are obtained,channel coding is performed on the W₀ original data streamscorresponding to the W users to obtain to-be-transmitted K bits; theto-be-transmitted K bits are mapped to F resource units, where each bitin the K bits is mapped to at least two resource units in the F resourceunits; and the bits mapped to the F resource units are mapped to amodulation symbol for transmission. Because each to-be-transmitted bitobtained by channel coding is mapped to at least two resource units inthe F resource units, that is, each bit is redundantly transmitted on atleast two resource units when data is being transmitted, bittransmission reliability is improved to some extent.

The following describes, with reference to the accompany drawing, amechanism for mapping the V bit sequences to the F resource units.

For example, as shown in FIG. 2-c, it is assumed that a quantity ofavailable resource units is F, and all bit sequences in the V bitsequences are positioned on different intermediate nodes in Vintermediate nodes (each intermediate node may be a memory area). Ifeach intermediate node is connected to a maximum of d_(v) resourceunits, a quantity of intermediate nodes is V, and each resource unit isconnected to a maximum of d_(f) intermediate nodes:

$V = {{C_{F}^{d_{v}}\mspace{31mu} d_{f}} = \frac{{Vd}_{v}}{F}}$

A connection relationship between an intermediate node and a resourceunit presented by a connection network may be represented by a traversevalue of a combination. That is, all combinations of selecting d_(v)resource units from the F resource units are traversed, and there areC_(F) ^(d) ^(v) combinations in total. For example, a sequence number ofa resource unit connected to the i^(th) intermediate node is a bit value(for example, 0 represents disconnected, and 1 represents connected) ofthe i^(th) combination.

Based on some of the foregoing technical solutions of this embodiment,signal decoding operation complexity at a receive end is reduced. Forexample, the receive end may decode, according to a message passingalgorithm or another decoding algorithm, a received signal obtained fromthe F resource units.

For example, referring to FIG. 2-d and FIG. 2-e, FIG. 2-d and FIG. 2-eare diagrams of comparison between receive end computation amountperformances corresponding to a conventional SCMA scheme and thesolution of the present invention.

FIG. 2-d shows a diagram of comparison between receive end computationamount performances when a modulation order M₀=4, a resource unitquantity F=4, and the K bits are divided into V=6 bit sequences. FIG.2-d shows that a receive end computation amount performance of thesolution of the present invention is far better than that of theconventional SCMA scheme.

FIG. 2-e shows a diagram of comparison between receive end computationamount performances when a modulation order M₀=4, a resource unitquantity F=8, and the K bits are divided into V=24 bit sequences. FIG.2-e shows that a receive end computation amount performance of thesolution of the present invention is far better than that of theconventional SCMA scheme.

Referring to FIG. 2-f, FIG. 2-f is a simulation diagram of bit errorrate performances corresponding to the conventional SCMA scheme, thesolution of the present invention, and a low density signature codedivision multiple access (LDS for short) scheme.

A parametric environment of the simulation diagram shown in FIG. 2-f isas follows.

A modulation mode is 4QAM; spectral efficiency is 1.5; the resource unitquantity F=8; the K bits are divided into V=6 bit sequences; anerror-correcting code is a turbo code, where a code rate is ½, a codelength is 1992 bits; the turbo code is iterated for a maximum of sixtimes; channel models are a white Gaussian noise channel and a Rayleighfading channel; and a frame structure may include 14 orthogonalfrequency division multiplexing (OFDM for short) symbols and 48 resourceblocks.

It can be learned that in some of the foregoing technical solutions ofthis embodiment, a parameter (such as a quantity of users, a quantity ofdata stream layers, a quantity of intermediate nodes, or a modulationorder) is compatible with SCMA. A scheme based on SCMA may be consideredas a special case of the solutions. Moreover, it may be found by meansof simulation and contrastive analysis that, compared with severalconventional technical solutions, some of the foregoing technicalsolutions of this embodiment have advantages such as reducing complexityand a bit error rate.

In another embodiment of a data transmission method of the presentinvention, another data transmission method includes: obtainingto-be-transmitted K bits; mapping the K bits to F resource unitsaccording to a codebook and a value of the K bits, so as to obtain acodeword C_(K) that is to be transmitted by using the F resource units,where the codebook includes S codewords in a one-to-one mappingrelationship with S different values of the K bits, S is less than orequal to 2^(K), each codeword in the S codewords is a complex numbervector that includes F complex numbers, a difference between the i^(th)value and the j^(th) value of the K bits is that a value of only one bitis different, a codeword that is included in the codebook and in amapping relationship with the i^(th) value is a codeword G, and acodeword that is included in the codebook and in a mapping relationshipwith the j^(th) value is a codeword C_(j), where the codeword C_(i) doesnot include a complex number Z_(j1) and a complex number Z_(j2) that areincluded in the codeword C_(j); and sending the codeword C_(K) by usingthe F resource units.

Referring to FIG. 3, FIG. 3 is a schematic flowchart of another datatransmission method according to another embodiment of the presentinvention. For example, as shown in FIG. 3, the another datatransmission method provided in the another embodiment of the presentinvention may include the following steps.

301. Obtain to-be-transmitted K bits.

The K bits are obtained by performing channel coding on original datastreams corresponding to W users, where W is a positive integer. Forexample, W may be equal to 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, or another value. That is,the K bits are bits obtained by performing channel coding.

For example, the K bits are obtained by performing, based on a lowdensity parity check code (LDPC), a turbo code, or another code, channelcoding on the original data streams corresponding to the W users. Eachuser in the W users may correspond to one or more original data streams.

Optionally, in some possible implementation manners of the presentinvention, the obtaining to-be-transmitted K bits may include: when amodulation order corresponding to the codebook is M, obtaining log₂ (M)bits from each layer of data stream in W layers of data streams to formthe K bits, where W and M are integers greater than 1.

302. Map the K bits to F resource units according to a codebook and avalue of the K bits, so as to obtain a codeword C_(K) that is to betransmitted by using the F resource units.

The codeword C_(K) is in a mapping relationship with the value of the Kbits.

The codebook may include S codewords in a one-to-one mappingrelationship with S different values of the K bits, where S is less thanor equal to 2^(K). Each codeword in the S codewords is a complex numbervector that includes F complex numbers. A difference between the i^(th)value and the j^(th) value of the K bits is that a value of only one bitis different. A codeword that is included in the codebook and in amapping relationship with the i^(th) value is a codeword C_(i). Acodeword that is included in the codebook and in a mapping relationshipwith the j^(th) value is a codeword C_(j), and the codeword C_(i) doesnot include a complex number Z_(j1) and a complex number Z_(j2) that areincluded in the codeword C_(j).

For example, S may be greater than 1, and S may be equal to, forexample, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 15, 201, 1005, or another value.

Optionally, in some possible implementation manners of the presentinvention, a codeword C_(p) does not include a complex number Z_(q1) anda complex number Z_(q2) that are included in a codeword C_(q), where thecodeword C_(p) and the codeword C_(q) are any two codewords in S1codewords, and the S1 codewords are a part or all of the S codewords. S1is less than or equal to S. That is, at least two complex numbers in anytwo codewords in the S1 codewords are different.

Optionally, in some possible implementation manners of the presentinvention, a value of a complex number Z_(u1) at a position α in acodeword C_(u) is different from that of a complex number Z_(e1) at aposition α in a codeword C_(e), a value of a complex number Z_(u2) at aposition β in the codeword C_(u) is different from that of a complexnumber Z_(e2) at a position β in the codeword C_(e), the codeword C_(u)and the codeword C_(e) are any two codewords in S2 codewords, and the S2codewords are a part or all of the S codewords. S2 is less than or equalto S. That is, complex numbers of at least two same positions of any twocodewords in the S2 codewords are different.

303. Send the codeword C_(K) by using the F resource units.

The resource unit mentioned in this embodiment of the present inventionrefers to a resource unit of an air interface.

For example, K may be equal to 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 50, 101, 505, 2029,or another value. The K bits may be from one or more data streams. Ifthe K bits are from multiple data streams, the multiple data streams maybe data streams corresponding to one or more users. It may be understoodthat because a value of K may be any integer greater than 1, thetechnical solution of this embodiment may be a data transmission methodfor any rate.

Importance of all bits in the K bits may be the same or different.

It can be learned that in the solution of this embodiment, according toa codebook and a value of to-be-transmitted K bits, the K bits aremapped to F resource units to obtain a codeword C_(K) that is to betransmitted by using the F resource units, where because the codebookincludes S codewords in a one-to-one mapping relationship with Sdifferent values of the K bits, each codeword in the S codewords is acomplex number vector that includes F complex numbers. When a differencebetween the i^(th) value and the j^(th) value of the K bits is that avalue of only one bit is different, a codeword that is included in thecodebook and in a mapping relationship with the i^(th) value is acodeword G, a codeword that is included in the codebook and in a mappingrelationship with the j^(th) value is a codeword C_(j), and the codewordC_(i) does not include a complex number Z_(j1) and a complex numberZ_(j2) that are included in the codeword C_(j), if a value of a bit inthe K bits is changed, at least two complex numbers in a correspondingcodeword are changed accordingly. Complex numbers in a codeword are in aone-to-one mapping relationship with the resource units, that is, eachbit in the K bits is mapped to at least two resource units in the Fresource units. Because each to-be-transmitted bit is mapped to at leasttwo resource units in the F resource units, that is, each bit isredundantly transmitted on at least two resource units when data isbeing transmitted, bit transmission reliability is improved to someextent.

Optionally, in some possible implementation manners of the presentinvention, when K is equal to 6, the codebook may include one or morecodewords in the following codebook 1:

Codebook 1 Bit value Codeword 000000 1.2247 + 0.4082i 1.2247 + 0.4082i1.2247 + 0.4082i 1.2247 + 0.4082i 000001 −1.2247 + 0.4082i 1.2247 +0.4082i 1.2247 − 0.4082i 1.2247 + 0.4082i 000010 1.2247 + 0.4082i0.4082 + 0.4082i 1.2247 + 0.4082i −1.2247 + 0.4082i 000011 −1.2247 +0.4082i 0.4082 + 0.4082i 1.2247 − 0.4082i −1.2247 + 0.4082i 0001001.2247 + 0.4082i −1.2247 + 0.4082i 0.4082 + 0.4082i 1.2247 + 0.4082i000101 −1.2247 + 0.4082i −1.2247 + 0.4082i 0.4082 − 0.4082i 1.2247 +0.4082i 000110 1.2247 + 0.4082i −0.4082 + 0.4082i 0.4082 + 0.4082i−1.2247 + 0.4082i 000111 −1.2247 + 0.4082i −0.4082 + 0.4082i 0.4082 −0.4082i −1.2247 + 0.4082i 001000 1.2247 − 0.4082i 1.2247 + 0.4082i1.2247 + 0.4082i 1.2247 − 0.4082i 001001 −1.2247 − 0.4082i 1.2247 +0.4082i 1.2247 − 0.4082i 1.2247 − 0.4082i 001010 1.2247 − 0.4082i0.4082 + 0.4082i 1.2247 + 0.4082i −1.2247 − 0.4082i 001011 −1.2247 −0.4082i 0.4082 + 0.4082i 1.2247 − 0.4082i −1.2247 − 0.4082i 0011001.2247 − 0.4082i −1.2247 + 0.4082i 0.4082 + 0.4082i 1.2247 − 0.4082i001101 −1.2247 − 0.4082i −1.2247 + 0.4082i 0.4082 − 0.4082i 1.2247 −0.4082i 001110 1.2247 − 0.4082i −0.4082 + 0.4082i 0.4082 + 0.4082i−1.2247 − 0.4082i 001111 −1.2247 − 0.4082i −0.4082 + 0.4082i 0.4082 −0.4082i −1.2247 − 0.4082i 010000 1.2247 + 0.4082i 1.2247 + 0.4082i−1.2247 + 0.4082i 0.4082 + 0.4082i 010001 1.2247 + 0.4082i −1.2247 +0.4082i −1.2247 − 0.4082i 0.4082 + 0.4082i 010010 1.2247 + 0.4082i0.4082 + 0.4082i −1.2247 + 0.4082i −0.4082 + 0.4082i 010011 −1.2247 +0.4082i 0.4082 + 0.4082i −1.2247 − 0.4082i −0.4082 + 0.4082i 0101001.2247 + 0.4082i −1.2247 + 0.4082i −0.4082 + 0.4082i 0.4082 + 0.4082i010101 −1.2247 + 0.4082i −1.2247 + 0.4082i −0.4082 − 0.4082i 0.4082 +0.4082i 010110 1.2247 + 0.4082i −0.4082 + 0.4082i −0.4082 + 0.4082i−0.4082 + 0.4082i 010111 −1.2247 + 0.4082i −0.4082 + 0.4082i −0.4082 −0.4082i −0.4082 + 0.4082i 011000 1.2247 − 0.4082i 1.2247 + 0.4082i−1.2247 + 0.4082i 0.4082 − 0.4082i 011001 −1.2247 − 0.4082i 1.2247 +0.4082i −1.2247 − 0.4082i 0.4082 − 0.4082i 011010 1.2247 − 0.4082i0.4082 + 0.4082i −1.2247 + 0.4082i −0.4082 − 0.4082i 011011 −1.2247 −0.4082i 0.4082 + 0.4082i −1.2247 − 0.4082i −0.4082 − 0.4082i 0111001.2247 − 0.4082i −1.2247 + 0.4082i −0.4082 + 0.4082i 0.4082 − 0.4082i011101 −1.2247 − 0.4082i −1.2247 + 0.4082i −0.4082 − 0.4082i 0.4082 −0.4082i 011110 1.2247 − 0.4082i −0.4082 + 0.4082i −0.4082 + 0.4082i−0.4082 − 0.4082i 011111 −1.2247 − 0.4082i −0.4082 + 0.4082i −0.4082 −0.4082i −0.4082 − 0.4082i 100000 0.4082 + 0.4082i 1.2247 − 0.4082i1.2247 + 0.4082i 1.2247 + 0.4082i 100001 −0.4082 + 0.4082i 1.2247 −0.4082i 1.2247 − 0.4082i 1.2247 + 0.4082i 100010 0.4082 + 0.4082i 0.4082− 0.4082i 1.2247 + 0.4082i −1.2247 + 0.4082i 100011 −0.4082 + 0.4082i0.4082 − 0.4082i 1.2247 − 0.4082i −1.2247 + 0.4082i 100100 0.4082 +0.4082i −1.2247 − 0.4082i 0.4082 + 0.4082i 1.2247 + 0.4082i 100101−0.4082 + 0.4082i −1.2247 − 0.4082i 0.4082 − 0.4082i 1.2247 + 0.4082i100110 0.4082 + 0.4082i −0.4082 − 0.4082i 0.4082 + 0.4082i −1.2247 +0.4082i 100111 −0.4082 + 0.4082i −0.4082 − 0.4082i 0.4082 − 0.4082i−1.2247 + 0.4082i 101000 0.4082 − 0.4082i 1.2247 − 0.4082i 1.2247 +0.4082i 1.2247 − 0.4082i 101001 −0.4082 − 0.4082i 1.2247 − 0.4082i1.2247 − 0.4082i 1.2247 − 0.4082i 101010 0.4082 − 0.4082i 0.4082 −0.4082i 1.2247 + 0.4082i −1.2247 − 0.4082i 101011 −0.4082 − 0.4082i0.4082 − 0.4082i 1.2247 − 0.4082i −1.2247 − 0.4082i 101100 0.4082 −0.4082i −1.2247 − 0.4082i 0.4082 + 0.4082i 1.2247 − 0.4082i 101101−0.4082 − 0.4082i −1.2247 − 0.4082i 0.4082 − 0.4082i 1.2247 − 0.4082i101110 0.4082 − 0.4082i −0.4082 − 0.4082i 0.4082 + 0.4082i −1.2247 −0.4082i 101111 −0.4082 − 0.4082i −0.4082 − 0.4082i 0.4082 − 0.4082i−1.2247 − 0.4082i 110000 0.4082 + 0.4082i 1.2247 − 0.4082i −1.2247 +0.4082i 0.4082 + 0.4082i 110001 −0.4082 + 0.4082i 1.2247 − 0.4082i−1.2247 − 0.4082i 0.4082 + 0.4082i 110010 0.4082 + 0.4082i 0.4082 −0.4082i −1.2247 + 0.4082i −0.4082 + 0.4082i 110011 −0.4082 + 0.4082i0.4082 − 0.4082i −1.2247 − 0.4082i −0.4082 + 0.4082i 110100 0.4082 +0.4082i −1.2247 − 0.4082i −0.4082 + 0.4082i 0.4082 + 0.4082i 110101−0.4082 + 0.4082i −1.2247 − 0.4082i −0.4082 − 0.4082i 0.4082 + 0.4082i110110 0.4082 + 0.4082i −0.4082 − 0.4082i −0.4082 + 0.4082i −0.4082 +0.4082i 110111 −0.4082 + 0.4082i −0.4082 − 0.4082i −0.4082 − 0.4082i−0.4082 + 0.4082i 111000 0.4082 − 0.4082i 1.2247 − 0.4082i −1.2247 +0.4082i 0.4082 − 0.4082i 111001 −0.4082 − 0.4082i 1.2247 − 0.4082i−1.2247 − 0.4082i 0.4082 − 0.4082i 111010 0.4082 − 0.4082i 0.4082 −0.4082i −1.2247 + 0.4082i −0.4082 − 0.4082i 111011 −0.4082 − 0.4082i0.4082 − 0.4082i −1.2247 − 0.4082i −0.4082 − 0.4082i 111100 0.4082 −0.4082i −1.2247 − 0.4082i −0.4082 + 0.4082i 0.4082 − 0.4082i 111101−0.4082 − 0.4082i −1.2247 − 0.4082i −0.4082 − 0.4082i 0.4082 − 0.4082i111110 0.4082 − 0.4082i −0.4082 − 0.4082i −0.4082 + 0.4082i −0.4082 −0.4082i 111111 −0.4082 − 0.4082i −0.4082 − 0.4082i −0.4082 − 0.4082i−0.4082 − 0.4082i

Optionally, in some possible implementation manners of the presentinvention, when K is equal to 12, the codebook may include one or morecodewords in the following codebook 2:

The foregoing any data transmission method provided in this embodimentmay be executed by, for example, a user terminal or a base station.

Referring to FIG. 4, an embodiment of the present invention provides adata transmission apparatus 400, which may include: an obtaining unit410, configured to obtain to-be-transmitted K bits; a mapping unit 420,configured to map the K bits to F resource units according to a codebookand a value of the K bits, so as to obtain a codeword C_(K) that is tobe transmitted by using the F resource units, where the codebookincludes S codewords in a one-to-one mapping relationship with Sdifferent values of the K bits, S is less than or equal to 2^(K), eachcodeword in the S codewords is a complex number vector that includes Fcomplex numbers, a difference between the i^(th) value and the j^(th)value of the K bits is that a value of only one bit is different, acodeword that is included in the codebook and in a mapping relationshipwith the i^(th) value is a codeword G, and a codeword that is includedin the codebook and in a mapping relationship with the j^(th) value is acodeword C_(j), where the codeword C_(i) does not include a complexnumber Z_(j1) and a complex number Z_(j2) that are included in thecodeword C_(j), K, F, and S are integers greater than 1, i is not equalto j, and i and j are positive integers less than or equal to S; and asending unit 430, configured to send the codeword C_(K) by using the Fresource units.

Optionally, in some possible implementation manners of the presentinvention, a codeword C_(p) does not include a complex number Z_(q1) anda complex number Z_(q2) that are included in a codeword C_(q), where thecodeword C_(p) and the codeword C_(q) are any two codewords in S1codewords, and the S1 codewords are a part or all of the S codewords.

Subscripts of the complex number Z_(q1) and the complex number Z_(q2)are not used to limit positions or sequences of the complex numberZ_(q1) and the complex number Z_(q2) in the codebook, and what is notspecifically described is similar to this.

Optionally, in some possible implementation manners of the presentinvention, a value of a complex number Z_(u1) at a position α in acodeword C_(u) is different from that of a complex number Z_(e1) at aposition α in a codeword C_(e), a value of a complex number Z_(u2) at aposition β in the codeword C_(u) is different from that of a complexnumber Z_(e2) at a position β in the codeword C_(e), the codeword C_(u)and the codeword C_(e) are any two codewords in S2 codewords, and the S2codewords are a part or all of the S codewords.

Optionally, in some possible implementation manners of the presentinvention, the obtaining unit is specifically configured to: when amodulation order corresponding to the codebook is M, obtain log₂ (M)bits from each layer of data stream in W layers of data streams to formthe K bits, where W and M are integers greater than 1.

Optionally, in some possible implementation manners of the presentinvention, the codebook includes a part or all of codewords in thecodebook 1 in the foregoing embodiment when K is equal to 6.

Optionally, in some possible implementation manners of the presentinvention, the codebook includes a part or all of codewords in thecodebook 2 in the foregoing embodiment when K is equal to 12.

Optionally, in some possible implementation manners of the presentinvention, the data transmission apparatus 400 is deployed on a userterminal or a base station, or the data transmission apparatus 400 is auser terminal or a base station.

It may be understood that functions of each function module of the datatransmission apparatus 400 in this embodiment may be specificallyimplemented according to the methods in the foregoing methodembodiments. For a specific implementation process, reference may bemade to related descriptions of the foregoing method embodiments, anddetails are not described herein.

It can be learned that in some technical solutions of this embodiment,the data transmission apparatus 400 maps to-be-transmitted K bits to Fresource units, where each bit in the K bits is mapped to at least tworesource units in the F resource units, and K and F are integers greaterthan 1; and maps the bits mapped to the F resource units to a modulationsymbol for transmission. Because each to-be-transmitted bit is mapped toat least two resource units in the F resource units, that is, each bitis redundantly transmitted on at least two resource units when data isbeing transmitted, bit transmission reliability is improved to someextent.

Referring to FIG. 5, an embodiment of the present invention furtherprovides a data transmission apparatus 500, which may include: anobtaining unit 510, configured to obtain to-be-transmitted K bits; amapping unit 520, configured to map the K bits to F resource units,where each bit in the K bits is mapped to at least two resource units inthe F resource units, and K and F are integers greater than 1; and asending unit 530, configured to map the bits mapped to the F resourceunits to a modulation symbol for transmission.

Optionally, in some possible implementation manners of the presentinvention, the mapping unit 520 may be specifically configured to dividethe K bits into V bit sequences, and map the V bit sequences to the Fresource units, where each bit sequence in the V bit sequences is mappedto at least two resource units in the F resource units, and V is aninteger that is greater than 1 and less than or equal to K.

Optionally, in some possible implementation manners of the presentinvention, the V bit sequences are mapped to V resource unit groups, theV resource unit groups include different resource units, the V resourceunit groups are in a one-to-one correspondence with the V bit sequences,and each resource unit group in the V resource unit groups includes atleast two resource units in the F resource units.

Optionally, in some possible implementation manners of the presentinvention, a resource unit group i in the V resource unit groupsincludes a resource unit i₁ and a resource unit i₂, and a resource unitgroup j in the V resource unit groups includes a resource unit j₁ andthe resource unit i₂.

Optionally, in some possible implementation manners of the presentinvention, the sending unit 530 is specifically configured to map, basedon a constellation diagram, the bits mapped to the F resource units tothe modulation symbol for transmission.

A constellation diagram used for mapping y bits mapped to a resourceunit j in the F resource units to the modulation symbol for transmissionis a constellation diagram x. If y is an even number, the constellationdiagram x is a square Gray constellation that includes 2^(y)constellation points, and/or if y is an odd number, the constellationdiagram x is a cross Gray constellation that includes 2^(y)constellation points.

Optionally, in some possible implementation manners of the presentinvention, a bit a in the K bits is mapped to f1 resource units in the Fresource units, and a bit b in the K bits is mapped to f2 resource unitsin the F resource units.

The bit a mapped to the f1 resource units is separately mapped to f1 bitcarry positions on the modulation symbol, and the bit b mapped to the f2resource units is separately mapped to f2 bit carry positions on themodulation symbol. A sum of transmission reliability indicator valuescorresponding to the f1 bit carry positions is f1⁺, and a sum oftransmission reliability indicator values corresponding to the f2 bitcarry positions is f2⁺, where an absolute value of a difference betweenf1⁺ and f2⁺ is less than or equal to a third threshold.

The bit a and the bit b are any two bits in the K bits. A largertransmission reliability indicator value indicates higher transmissionreliability of a corresponding bit carry position, or a smallertransmission reliability indicator value indicates higher transmissionreliability of a corresponding bit carry position.

Optionally, in some possible implementation manners of the presentinvention, a bit c in the K bits is mapped to f3 resource units in the Fresource units, and a bit d in the K bits is mapped to f4 resource unitsin the F resource units.

The bit c mapped to the f3 resource units is separately mapped to f3 bitcarry positions on the modulation symbol, and the bit d mapped to the f4resource units is separately mapped to f4 bit carry positions on themodulation symbol. A sum of transmission reliability indicator valuescorresponding to the f3 bit carry positions is f3⁺, and a sum oftransmission reliability indicator values corresponding to the f4 bitcarry positions is f4⁺.

The bit c and the bit d are any two bits in the K bits.

If importance of the bit c is greater than importance of the bit d, anda larger transmission reliability indicator value indicates highertransmission reliability of a corresponding bit carry position, f3⁺ isgreater than f4⁺; or if importance of the bit c is greater thanimportance of the bit d, and a smaller transmission reliabilityindicator value indicates higher transmission reliability of acorresponding bit carry position, f3⁺ is less than f4⁺.

Optionally, in some possible implementation manners of the presentinvention, the to-be-transmitted K bits are obtained by performing,based on a turbo code, channel coding on W₀ original data streamscorresponding to W users, the bit c is a system bit, the bit d is acheck bit, and the importance of the bit c is greater than theimportance of the bit d; or the to-be-transmitted K bits are obtained byperforming, based on a low density parity check code, channel coding onW0 original data streams corresponding to W users, a degree of the bit cis greater than a degree of the bit d, and the importance of the bit cis greater than the importance of the bit d.

It may be understood that functions of each function module of the datatransmission apparatus 500 in this embodiment may be specificallyimplemented according to the methods in the foregoing methodembodiments. For a specific implementation process, reference may bemade to related descriptions of the foregoing method embodiments, anddetails are not described herein.

It can be learned that in the technical solution of this embodiment,according to a codebook and a value of to-be-transmitted K bits, thedata transmission apparatus 500 maps the K bits to F resource units toobtain a codeword C_(K) that is to be transmitted by using the Fresource units, where because the codebook includes S codewords in aone-to-one mapping relationship with S different values of the K bits,each codeword in the S codewords is a complex number vector thatincludes F complex numbers. When a difference between the i^(th) valueand the j^(th) value of the K bits is that a value of only one bit isdifferent, a codeword that is included in the codebook and in a mappingrelationship with the i^(th) value is a codeword G, a codeword that isincluded in the codebook and in a mapping relationship with the j^(th)value is a codeword C_(j), and the codeword C_(i) does not include acomplex number Z_(j1) and a complex number Z_(j2) that are included inthe codeword C_(j), if a value of a bit in the K bits is changed, atleast two complex numbers in a corresponding codeword are changedaccordingly. Complex numbers in a codeword are in a one-to-one mappingrelationship with the resource units, that is, each bit in the K bits ismapped to at least two resource units in the F resource units. Becauseeach to-be-transmitted bit is mapped to at least two resource units inthe F resource units, that is, each bit is redundantly transmitted on atleast two resource units when data is being transmitted, bittransmission reliability is improved to some extent.

Referring to FIG. 6, an embodiment of the present invention furtherprovides a data transmission apparatus 600, including: a processor 602,a memory 603, and a transmitter 604 that are connected to each other byusing a bus 601.

The processor 602 is configured to obtain to-be-transmitted K bits byinvoking, by using the bus 601, code stored in the memory 603, and mapthe K bits to F resource units according to a codebook and a value ofthe K bits, so as to obtain a codeword C_(K) that is to be transmittedby using the F resource units. The codebook includes S codewords in aone-to-one mapping relationship with S different values of the K bits,where S is less than or equal to 2^(K). Each codeword in the S codewordsis a complex number vector that includes F complex numbers. A differencebetween the i^(th) value and the j^(th) value of the K bits is that avalue of only one bit is different. A codeword that is included in thecodebook and in a mapping relationship with the i^(th) value is acodeword G, and a codeword that is included in the codebook and in amapping relationship with the j^(th) value is a codeword C_(j), wherethe codeword G does not include a complex number Z_(j1) and a complexnumber Z_(j2) that are included in the codeword C_(j). K, F, and S areintegers greater than 1, i is not equal to j, and i and j are positiveintegers less than or equal to S.

The transmitter 604 is configured to send the codeword C_(K) by usingthe F resource units.

Optionally, in some possible implementation manners of the presentinvention, a codeword C_(p) does not include a complex number Z_(q1) anda complex number Z_(q2) that are included in a codeword C_(q), where thecodeword C_(p) and the codeword C_(q) are any two codewords in S1codewords, and the S1 codewords are a part or all of the S codewords.

Optionally, in some possible implementation manners of the presentinvention, a value of a complex number Z_(u1) at a position α in acodeword C_(u) is different from that of a complex number Z_(e1) at aposition α in a codeword C_(e), a value of a complex number Z_(u2) at aposition β in the codeword C_(u) is different from that of a complexnumber Z_(e2) at a position β in the codeword C_(e), the codeword C_(u)and the codeword C_(e) are any two codewords in S2 codewords, and the S2codewords are a part or all of the S codewords.

Optionally, in some possible implementation manners of the presentinvention, the processor 602 is configured to: when a modulation ordercorresponding to the codebook is M, obtain log₂ (M) bits from each layerof data stream in W layers of data streams to form the K bits, where Wand M are integers greater than 1.

Optionally, in some possible implementation manners of the presentinvention, the codebook includes a part or all of codewords in thecodebook 1 in the foregoing embodiment when K is equal to 6.

Optionally, in some possible implementation manners of the presentinvention, the codebook includes a part or all of codewords in thecodebook 2 in the foregoing embodiment when K is equal to 12.

Optionally, in some possible implementation manners of the presentinvention, the data transmission apparatus 600 is deployed on a userterminal or a base station, or the data transmission apparatus 600 is auser terminal or a base station.

It may be understood that functions of each function module of the datatransmission apparatus 600 in this embodiment may be specificallyimplemented according to the methods in the foregoing methodembodiments. For a specific implementation process, reference may bemade to related descriptions of the foregoing method embodiments, anddetails are not described herein.

It can be learned that in some technical solutions of this embodiment,the data transmission apparatus 600 maps to-be-transmitted K bits to Fresource units, where each bit in the K bits is mapped to at least tworesource units in the F resource units, and K and F are integers greaterthan 1; and maps the bits mapped to the F resource units to a modulationsymbol for transmission. Because each to-be-transmitted bit is mapped toat least two resource units in the F resource units, that is, each bitis redundantly transmitted on at least two resource units when data isbeing transmitted, bit transmission reliability is improved to someextent.

Referring to FIG. 7, an embodiment of the present invention furtherprovides a data transmission apparatus 700, including: a processor 702,a memory 703, and a transmitter 704 that are connected to each other byusing a bus 701.

The processor 702 is configured to obtain to-be-transmitted K bits byinvoking, by using the bus 701, code stored in the memory 703, and mapthe K bits to F resource units, where each bit in the K bits is mappedto at least two resource units in the F resource units, and K and F areintegers greater than 1.

The transmitter 704 is configured to map the bits mapped to the Fresource units to a modulation symbol for transmission.

Optionally, in some possible implementation manners of the presentinvention, the processor 702 is configured to divide the K bits into Vbit sequences, and map the V bit sequences to the F resource units,where each bit sequence in the V bit sequences is mapped to at least tworesource units in the F resource units, and V is an integer that isgreater than 1 and less than or equal to K.

Optionally, in some possible implementation manners of the presentinvention, the V bit sequences are mapped to V resource unit groups, theV resource unit groups include different resource units, the V resourceunit groups are in a one-to-one correspondence with the V bit sequences,and each resource unit group in the V resource unit groups includes atleast two resource units in the F resource units.

Optionally, in some possible implementation manners of the presentinvention, a resource unit group i in the V resource unit groupsincludes a resource unit i₁ and a resource unit i₂, and a resource unitgroup j in the V resource unit groups includes a resource unit j₁ andthe resource unit i₂.

Optionally, in some possible implementation manners of the presentinvention, the transmitter 604 is configured to map, based on aconstellation diagram, the bits mapped to the F resource units to themodulation symbol for transmission.

A constellation diagram used for mapping y bits mapped to a resourceunit j in the F resource units to the modulation symbol for transmissionis a constellation diagram x. If y is an even number, the constellationdiagram x is a square Gray constellation that includes 2^(y)constellation points, and/or if y is an odd number, the constellationdiagram x is a cross Gray constellation that includes 2^(y)constellation points.

Optionally, in some possible implementation manners of the presentinvention, a bit a in the K bits is mapped to f1 resource units in the Fresource units, and a bit b in the K bits is mapped to f2 resource unitsin the F resource units.

The bit a mapped to the f1 resource units is separately mapped to f1 bitcarry positions on the modulation symbol, and the bit b mapped to the f2resource units is separately mapped to f2 bit carry positions on themodulation symbol. A sum of transmission reliability indicator valuescorresponding to the f1 bit carry positions is f1⁺, and a sum oftransmission reliability indicator values corresponding to the f2 bitcarry positions is f2⁺, where an absolute value of a difference betweenf1⁺ and f2⁺ is less than or equal to a third threshold.

The bit a and the bit b are any two bits in the K bits. A largertransmission reliability indicator value indicates higher transmissionreliability of a corresponding bit carry position, or a smallertransmission reliability indicator value indicates higher transmissionreliability of a corresponding bit carry position.

Optionally, in some possible implementation manners of the presentinvention, a bit c in the K bits is mapped to f3 resource units in the Fresource units, and a bit d in the K bits is mapped to f4 resource unitsin the F resource units.

The bit c mapped to the f3 resource units is separately mapped to f3 bitcarry positions on the modulation symbol, and the bit d mapped to the f4resource units is separately mapped to f4 bit carry positions on themodulation symbol. A sum of transmission reliability indicator valuescorresponding to the f3 bit carry positions is f3⁺, and a sum oftransmission reliability indicator values corresponding to the f4 bitcarry positions is f4⁺.

The bit c and the bit d are any two bits in the K bits.

If importance of the bit c is greater than importance of the bit d, anda larger transmission reliability indicator value indicates highertransmission reliability of a corresponding bit carry position, f3⁺ isgreater than f4⁺; or if importance of the bit c is greater thanimportance of the bit d, and a smaller transmission reliabilityindicator value indicates higher transmission reliability of acorresponding bit carry position, f3⁺ is less than f4⁺.

Optionally, in some possible implementation manners of the presentinvention, the to-be-transmitted K bits are obtained by performing,based on a turbo code, channel coding on W₀ original data streamscorresponding to W users, the bit c is a system bit, the bit d is acheck bit, and the importance of the bit c is greater than theimportance of the bit d; or the to-be-transmitted K bits are obtained byperforming, based on a low density parity check code, channel coding onW0 original data streams corresponding to W users, a degree of the bit cis greater than a degree of the bit d, and the importance of the bit cis greater than the importance of the bit d.

Optionally, in some possible implementation manners of the presentinvention, the data transmission apparatus 700 is deployed on a userterminal or a base station, or the data transmission apparatus 700 is auser terminal or a base station.

It may be understood that functions of each function module of the datatransmission apparatus 700 in this embodiment may be specificallyimplemented according to the methods in the foregoing methodembodiments. For a specific implementation process, reference may bemade to related descriptions of the foregoing method embodiments, anddetails are not described herein.

It can be learned that in the solution of this embodiment, according toa codebook and a value of to-be-transmitted K bits, the datatransmission apparatus 700 maps the K bits to F resource units to obtaina codeword C_(K) that is to be transmitted by using the F resourceunits, where because the codebook includes S codewords in a one-to-onemapping relationship with S different values of the K bits, eachcodeword in the S codewords is a complex number vector that includes Fcomplex numbers. When a difference between the i^(th) value and thej^(th) value of the K bits is that a value of only one bit is different,a codeword that is included in the codebook and in a mappingrelationship with the i^(th) value is a codeword G, a codeword that isincluded in the codebook and in a mapping relationship with the j^(th)value is a codeword C_(j), and the codeword C_(i) does not include acomplex number Z_(j1) and a complex number Z_(j2) that are included inthe codeword C_(j), if a value of a bit in the K bits is changed, atleast two complex numbers in a corresponding codeword are changedaccordingly. Complex numbers in a codeword are in a one-to-one mappingrelationship with the resource units, that is, each bit in the K bits ismapped to at least two resource units in the F resource units. Becauseeach to-be-transmitted bit is mapped to at least two resource units inthe F resource units, that is, each bit is redundantly transmitted on atleast two resource units when data is being transmitted, bittransmission reliability is improved to some extent.

Terminologies such as “component”, “module”, and “system” used in thisspecification are used to indicate computer-related entities, hardware,firmware, combinations of hardware and software, software, or softwarebeing executed. For example, a component may be, but is not limited to,a process that runs on a processor, a processor, an object, anexecutable file, a thread of execution, a program, and/or a computer. Asshown in figures, both a computing device and an application that runson a computing device may be components. One or more components mayreside within a process and/or a thread of execution, and a componentmay be located on one computer and/or distributed between two or morecomputers. In addition, these components may be executed from variouscomputer-readable media that store various data structures. For example,the components may communicate by using a local and/or remote processand according to, for example, a signal having one or more data packets(for example, data from one component interacting with another componentin a local system, a distributed system, and/or across a network such asthe Internet interacting with other systems by using the signal).

It should be noted that the user terminal in the embodiments of thepresent invention may also be referred to as a system, a subscriberunit, a subscriber station, a mobile station, a mobile, a remotestation, a remote terminal, a mobile device, an access terminal, aterminal, a wireless communications device, a user agent, a userapparatus, or user equipment (UE). The user terminal may be a cellularphone, a cordless phone, a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) phone, awireless local loop (WLL) station, a handheld device having a wirelesscommunication function, a personal digital assistant (PDA), an on-boardequipment, a wearable device, a computing device, or another processingdevice connected to a wireless modem.

In addition, the base station in the embodiments of the presentinvention can be used to communicate with a mobile device; and the basestation may be an access point (AP) of WiFi, a Base Transceiver Station(BTS) in Global System for Mobile communication (GSM) or Code DivisionMultiple Access (CDMA); or may be a NodeB (NB) in Wideband Code DivisionMultiple Access (WCDMA); or may further be an Evolved Node B (eNB oreNodeB) in Long Term Evolution (LTE), a relay station or an accesspoint, a base station device in a future 5G network, or the like.

In the several embodiments provided in the present application, itshould be understood that the disclosed apparatus may be implemented inother manners. For example, the described apparatus embodiment is merelyexemplary. For example, the unit division is merely logical functiondivision and may be other division in actual implementation. Forexample, multiple units or components may be combined or integrated intoanother system, or some features may be ignored or not performed. Inaddition, the displayed or discussed mutual couplings or directcouplings or communication connections may be implemented through someinterfaces. The indirect couplings or communication connections betweenthe apparatuses or units may be implemented in electrical or otherforms.

The units described as separate parts may or may not be physicallyseparate, and parts displayed as units may or may not be physical units,may be located in one position, or may be distributed on a plurality ofnetwork units. Some or all of the units may be selected according toactual needs to achieve the objectives of the solutions of theembodiments.

In addition, functional units in the embodiments of the presentinvention may be integrated into one processing unit, or each of theunits may exist alone physically, or two or more units are integratedinto one unit. The integrated unit may be implemented in a form ofhardware, or may be implemented in a form of a software functional unit.

When the integrated unit is implemented in the form of a softwarefunctional unit and sold or used as an independent product, theintegrated unit may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium.Based on such an understanding, the technical solutions of the presentinvention essentially, or the part contributing to the prior art, or allor a part of the technical solutions may be implemented in the form of asoftware product. The software product is stored in a storage medium andincludes several instructions for instructing a computer device (whichmay be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, and mayspecifically be a processor in a computer device) to perform all or apart of the steps of the foregoing methods described in the embodimentsof the present invention. The foregoing storage medium includes: anymedium that can store program code, such as a USB flash drive, aremovable hard disk, a magnetic disk, an optical disc, a read-onlymemory (ROM), or a random access memory (RAM).

The foregoing embodiments are merely intended for describing thetechnical solutions of the present invention, but not for limiting thepresent invention. Although the present invention is described in detailwith reference to the foregoing embodiments, persons of ordinary skillin the art should understand that they may still make modifications tothe technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments or makeequivalent replacements to some technical features thereof, withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope of the technical solutions of theembodiments of the present invention.

What is claimed is:
 1. A method, comprising: obtaining to-be-transmittedK bits; mapping the K bits to F resource units according to a codebookand a value of the K bits, so as to obtain a codeword C_(K) that is tobe transmitted using the F resource units, wherein the codebookcomprises S codewords in a one-to-one mapping relationship with Sdifferent values of the K bits, S is less than or equal to 2^(K), eachcodeword in the S codewords is a complex number vector that comprises Fcomplex numbers, a difference between the i^(th) value and the j^(th)value of the K bits is that a value of only one bit is different, acodeword that is comprised in the codebook and in a mapping relationshipwith the i^(th) value is a codeword G, and a codeword that is comprisedin the codebook and in a mapping relationship with the j^(th) value is acodeword C_(j), wherein the codeword C_(i) does not comprise a complexnumber Z_(j1) and a complex number Z_(j2) that are comprised in thecodeword C_(j), K, F, and S are integers greater than 1, i is not equalto j, and i and j are positive integers less than or equal to S; andsending the codeword C_(K) using the F resource units.
 2. The methodaccording to claim 1, wherein a codeword C_(p) does not comprise acomplex number Z_(q1) and a complex number Z_(q2) that are comprised ina codeword C_(q), wherein the codeword C_(p) and the codeword C_(q) areany two codewords in S1 codewords, and the S1 codewords are a part orall of the S codewords.
 3. The method according to claim 1, wherein avalue of a complex number Z_(u1) at a position α in a codeword C_(u) isdifferent from that of a complex number Z_(e1) at a position α in acodeword C_(e), a value of a complex number Z_(u2) at a position β inthe codeword C_(u) is different from that of a complex number Z_(e2) ata position β in the codeword C_(e), the codeword C_(u) and the codewordC_(e) are any two codewords in S2 codewords, and the S2 codewords are apart or all of the S codewords.
 4. The method according to claim 1,wherein obtaining the to-be-transmitted K bits comprises: when amodulation order corresponding to the codebook is M, obtaining log₂ (M)bits from each layer of data stream in W layers of data streams to formthe K bits, wherein W and M are integers greater than
 1. 5. A method,comprising: obtaining to-be-transmitted K bits; mapping the K bits to Fresource units, wherein each bit in the K bits is mapped to a pluralityof resource units in the F resource units, and K and F are integersgreater than 1; and mapping the bits mapped to the F resource units to amodulation symbol for transmission.
 6. The method according to claim 5,wherein mapping the K bits to F resource units comprises: dividing the Kbits into V bit sequences; and mapping the V bit sequences to the Fresource units, wherein each bit sequence in the V bit sequences ismapped to a plurality of resource units in the F resource units, and Vis an integer that is greater than 1 and less than or equal to K.
 7. Themethod according to claim 6, wherein the V bit sequences are mapped to Vresource unit groups, the V resource unit groups comprise differentresource units, the V resource unit groups are in a one-to-onecorrespondence with the V bit sequences, and each resource unit group inthe V resource unit groups comprises a plurality of resource units inthe F resource units.
 8. The method according to claim 7, wherein aresource unit group i in the V resource unit groups comprises a resourceunit i₁ and a resource unit i₂, and a resource unit group j in the Vresource unit groups comprises a resource unit j₁ and the resource uniti₂.
 9. The method according to claim 5, wherein mapping the bits mappedto the F resource units to a modulation symbol for transmissioncomprises: mapping, based on a constellation diagram, the bits mapped tothe F resource units to the modulation symbol for transmission; whereina constellation diagram used for mapping y bits mapped to a resourceunit j in the F resource units to the modulation symbol for transmissionis a constellation diagram x; wherein, when y is an even number, theconstellation diagram x is a square Gray constellation that comprises2^(y) constellation points; and wherein when y is an odd number, theconstellation diagram x is a cross Gray constellation that comprises2^(y) constellation points.
 10. The method according to claim 5, whereina bit a in the K bits is mapped to f1 resource units in the F resourceunits, and a bit b in the K bits is mapped to f2 resource units in the Fresource units; wherein the bit a mapped to the f1 resource units isseparately mapped to f1 bit carry positions on the modulation symbol,and the bit b mapped to the f2 resource units is separately mapped to f2bit carry positions on the modulation symbol; wherein a sum oftransmission reliability indicator values corresponding to the f1 bitcarry positions is f1⁺, and a sum of transmission reliability indicatorvalues corresponding to the f2 bit carry positions is f2⁺, wherein anabsolute value of a difference between f1⁺ and f2⁺ is less than or equalto a third threshold; wherein the bit a and the bit b are any two bitsin the K bits; and wherein a larger transmission reliability indicatorvalue indicates higher transmission reliability of a corresponding bitcarry position, or a smaller transmission reliability indicator valueindicates higher transmission reliability of a corresponding bit carryposition.
 11. The method according to claim 5, wherein a bit c in the Kbits is mapped to f3 resource units in the F resource units, and a bit din the K bits is mapped to f4 resource units in the F resource units;wherein the bit c mapped to the f3 resource units is separately mappedto f3 bit carry positions on the modulation symbol, and the bit d mappedto the f4 resource units is separately mapped to f4 bit carry positionson the modulation symbol; wherein a sum of transmission reliabilityindicator values corresponding to the f3 bit carry positions is f3⁺, anda sum of transmission reliability indicator values corresponding to thef4 bit carry positions is f4⁺; wherein the bit c and the bit d are anytwo bits in the K bits; and when importance of the bit c is greater thanimportance of the bit d, and a larger transmission reliability indicatorvalue indicates higher transmission reliability of a corresponding bitcarry position, f3⁺ is greater than f4⁺; or when importance of the bit cis greater than importance of the bit d, and a smaller transmissionreliability indicator value indicates higher transmission reliability ofa corresponding bit carry position, f3⁺ is less than f4⁺.
 12. The methodaccording to claim 11, wherein the to-be-transmitted K bits are obtainedby performing, based on a turbo code, channel coding on W₀ original datastreams corresponding to W users, the bit c is a system bit, the bit dis a check bit, and the importance of the bit c is greater than theimportance of the bit d; or wherein the to-be-transmitted K bits areobtained by performing, based on a low density parity check code,channel coding on W0 original data streams corresponding to W users, adegree of the bit c is greater than a degree of the bit d, and theimportance of the bit c is greater than the importance of the bit d. 13.An apparatus, comprising: a processor; a non-transitory memory; and atransmitter, wherein the processor, the memory and the transmitter areconnected to each other by using a bus; wherein the processor isconfigured to obtain to-be-transmitted K bits, and map the K bits to Fresource units according to a codebook and a value of the K bits, so asto obtain a codeword C_(K) that is to be transmitted by using the Fresource units; wherein the codebook comprises S codewords in aone-to-one mapping relationship with S different values of the K bits, Sis less than or equal to 2^(K), each codeword in the S codewords is acomplex number vector that comprises F complex numbers, a differencebetween the i^(th) value and the j^(th) value of the K bits is that avalue of only one bit is different, a codeword that is comprised in thecodebook and in a mapping relationship with the i^(th) value is acodeword G, and a codeword that is comprised in the codebook and in amapping relationship with the j^(th) value is a codeword C_(j), whereinthe codeword C_(i) does not comprise a complex number Z_(j1) and acomplex number Z_(j2) that are comprised in the codeword C_(j), K, F,and S are integers greater than 1, i is not equal to j, and i and j arepositive integers less than or equal to S; and wherein the transmitteris configured to send the codeword C_(K) using the F resource units. 14.The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein a codeword C_(p) does notcomprise a complex number Z_(q1) and a complex number Z_(q2) that arecomprised in a codeword C_(q), wherein the codeword C_(p) and thecodeword C_(q) are any two codewords in S1 codewords, and the S1codewords are a part or all of the S codewords.
 15. The apparatusaccording to claim 13, wherein a value of a complex number Z_(u1) at aposition α in a codeword C_(u) is different from that of a complexnumber Z_(e1) at a position α in a codeword C_(e), a value of a complexnumber Z_(u2) at a position β in the codeword C_(u) is different fromthat of a complex number Z_(e2) at a position β in the codeword C_(e),the codeword C_(u) and the codeword C_(e) are any two codewords in S2codewords, and the S2 codewords are a part or all of the S codewords.16. The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the processor isfurther configured to: when a modulation order corresponding to thecodebook is M, obtain log₂ (M) bits from each layer of data stream in Wlayers of data streams to form the K bits, wherein W and M are integersgreater than
 1. 17. The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein, when Kis equal to 6, the codebook comprises a part or all of codewords in thefollowing codebook: Bit value Codeword 000000 1.2247 + 0.4082i 1.2247 +0.4082i 1.2247 + 0.4082i 1.2247 + 0.4082i 000001 −1.2247 + 0.4082i1.2247 + 0.4082i 1.2247 − 0.4082i 1.2247 + 0.4082i 000010 1.2247 +0.4082i 0.4082 + 0.4082i 1.2247 + 0.4082i −1.2247 + 0.4082i 000011−1.2247 + 0.4082i 0.4082 + 0.4082i 1.2247 − 0.4082i −1.2247 + 0.4082i000100 1.2247 + 0.4082i −1.2247 + 0.4082i 0.4082 + 0.4082i 1.2247 +0.4082i 000101 −1.2247 + 0.4082i −1.2247 + 0.4082i 0.4082 − 0.4082i1.2247 + 0.4082i 000110 1.2247 + 0.4082i −0.4082 + 0.4082i 0.4082 +0.4082i −1.2247 + 0.4082i 000111 −1.2247 + 0.4082i −0.4082 + 0.4082i0.4082 − 0.4082i −1.2247 + 0.4082i 001000 1.2247 − 0.4082i 1.2247 +0.4082i 1.2247 + 0.4082i 1.2247 − 0.4082i 001001 −1.2247 − 0.4082i1.2247 + 0.4082i 1.2247 − 0.4082i 1.2247 − 0.4082i 001010 1.2247 −0.4082i 0.4082 + 0.4082i 1.2247 + 0.4082i −1.2247 − 0.4082i 001011−1.2247 − 0.4082i 0.4082 + 0.4082i 1.2247 − 0.4082i −1.2247 − 0.4082i001100 1.2247 − 0.4082i −1.2247 + 0.4082i 0.4082 + 0.4082i 1.2247 −0.4082i 001101 −1.2247 − 0.4082i −1.2247 + 0.4082i 0.4082 − 0.4082i1.2247 − 0.4082i 001110 1.2247 − 0.4082i −0.4082 + 0.4082i 0.4082 +0.4082i −1.2247 − 0.4082i 001111 −1.2247 − 0.4082i −0.4082 + 0.4082i0.4082 − 0.4082i −1.2247−0.4082i 010000 1.2247 + 0.4082i 1.2247 +0.4082i −1.2247 + 0.4082i 0.4082 + 0.4082i 010001 −1.2247 + 0.4082i1.2247 + 0.4082i −1.2247 − 0.4082i 0.4082 + 0.4082i 010010 1.2247 +0.4082i 0.4082 + 0.4082i −1.2247 + 0.4082i −0.4082 + 0.4082i 010011−1.2247 + 0.4082i 0.4082 + 0.4082i −1.2247 − 0.4082i −0.4082 + 0.4082i010100 1.2247 + 0.4082i −1.2247 + 0.4082i −0.4082 + 0.4082i 0.4082 +0.4082i 010101 −1.2247 + 0.4082i −1.2247 + 0.4082i −0.4082 − 0.4082i0.4082 + 0.4082i 010110 1.2247 + 0.4082i −0.4082 + 0.4082i −0.4082 +0.4082i −0.4082 + 0.4082i 010111 −1.2247 + 0.4082i −0.4082 + 0.4082i−0.4082 − 0.4082i −0.4082 + 0.4082i 011000 1.2247 − 0.4082i 1.2247 +0.4082i −1.2247 + 0.4082i 0.4082 − 0.4082i 011001 −1.2247 − 0.4082i1.2247 + 0.4082i −1.2247 − 0.4082i 0.4082 − 0.4082i 011010 1.2247 −0.4082i 0.4082 + 0.4082i −1.2247 + 0.4082i −0.4082 − 0.4082i 011011−1.2247 − 0.4082i 0.4082 + 0.4082i −1.2247 − 0.4082i −0.4082 − 0.4082i011100 1.2247 − 0.4082i −1.2247 + 0.4082i −0.4082 + 0.4082i 0.4082 −0.4082i 011101 −1.2247 − 0.4082i −1.2247 + 0.4082i −0.4082 − 0.4082i0.4082 − 0.4082i 011110 1.2247 − 0.4082i −0.4082 + 0.4082i −0.4082 +0.4082i −0.4082 − 0.4082i 011111 −1.2247 − 0.4082i −0.4082 + 0.4082i−0.4082 − 0.4082i −0.4082 − 0.4082i 100000 0.4082 + 0.4082i 1.2247 −0.4082i 1.2247 + 0.4082i 1.2247 + 0.4082i 100001 −0.4082 + 0.4082i1.2247 − 0.4082i 1.2247 − 0.4082i 1.2247 + 0.4082i 100010 0.4082 +0.4082i 0.4082 − 0.4082i 1.2247 + 0.4082i −1.2247 + 0.4082i 100011−0.4082 + 0.4082i 0.4082 − 0.4082i 1.2247 − 0.4082i −1.2247 + 0.4082i100100 0.4082 + 0.4082i −1.2247 − 0.4082i 0.4082 + 0.4082i 1.2247 +0.4082i 100101 −0.4082 + 0.4082i −1.2247 − 0.4082i 0.4082 − 0.4082i1.2247 + 0.4082i 100110 0.4082 + 0.4082i −0.4082 − 0.4082i 0.4082 +0.4082i −1.2247 + 0.4082i 100111 −0.4082 + 0.4082i −0.4082 − 0.4082i0.4082 − 0.4082i −1.2247 + 0.4082i 101000 0.4082 − 0.4082i 1.2247 −0.4082i 1.2247 + 0.4082i 1.2247 − 0.4082i 101001 −0.4082 − 0.4082i1.2247 − 0.4082i 1.2247 − 0.4082i 1.2247 − 0.4082i 101010 0.4082 −0.4082i 0.4082 − 0.4082i 1.2247 + 0.4082i −1.2247 − 0.4082i 101011−0.4082 − 0.4082i 0.4082 − 0.4082i 1.2247 − 0.4082i −1.2247 − 0.4082i101100 0.4082 − 0.4082i −1.2247 − 0.4082i 0.4082 + 0.4082i 1.2247 −0.4082i 101101 −0.4082 − 0.4082i −1.2247 − 0.4082i 0.4082 − 0.4082i1.2247 − 0.4082i 101110 0.4082 − 0.4082i −0.4082 − 0.4082i 0.4082 +0.4082i −1.2247 − 0.4082i 101111 −0.4082 − 0.4082i −0.4082 − 0.4082i0.4082 − 0.4082i −1.2247 − 0.4082i 110000 0.4082 + 0.4082i 1.2247 −0.4082i −1.2247 + 0.4082i 0.4082 + 0.4082i 110001 −0.4082 + 0.4082i1.2247 − 0.4082i −1.2247 − 0.4082i 0.4082 + 0.4082i 110010 0.4082 +0.4082i 0.4082 − 0.4082i −1.2247 + 0.4082i −0.4082 + 0.4082i 110011−0.4082 + 0.4082i 0.4082 − 0.4082i −1.2247 − 0.4082i −0.4082 + 0.4082i110100 0.4082 + 0.4082i −1.2247 − 0.4082i −0.4082 + 0.4082i 0.4082 +0.4082i 110101 −0.4082 + 0.4082i −1.2247 − 0.4082i −0.4082 − 0.4082i0.4082 + 0.4082i 110110 0.4082 + 0.4082i −0.4082 − 0.4082i −0.4082 +0.4082i −0.4082 + 0.4082i 110111 −0.4082 + 0.4082i −0.4082 − 0.4082i−0.4082 − 0.4082i −0.4082 + 0.4082i 111000 0.4082 − 0.4082i 1.2247 −0.4082i −1.2247 + 0.4082i 0.4082 − 0.4082i 111001 −0.4082 − 0.4082i1.2247 − 0.4082i −1.2247 − 0.4082i 0.4082 − 0.4082i 111010 0.4082 −0.4082i 0.4082 − 0.4082i −1.2247 + 0.4082i −0.4082 − 0.4082i 111011−0.4082 − 0.4082i 0.4082 − 0.4082i −1.2247 − 0.4082i −0.4082 − 0.4082i111100 0.4082 − 0.4082i −1.2247 − 0.4082i −0.4082 + 0.4082i 0.4082 −0.4082i 111101 −0.4082 − 0.4082i −1.2247 − 0.4082i −0.4082 − 0.4082i0.4082 − 0.4082i 111110 0.4082 − 0.4082i −0.4082 − 0.4082i −0.4082 +0.4082i −0.4082 − 0.4082i 111111 −0.4082 − 0.4082i −0.4082 − 0.4082i−0.4082 − 0.4082i −0.4082 − 0.4082i


18. The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the apparatus isdeployed on a user terminal or a base station, or the apparatus is auser terminal or a base station.
 19. An apparatus, comprising: aprocessor; a memory; and a transmitter; wherein the processor, thememory, and the transmitter are connected to each other by a bus;wherein the processor is configured to obtain to-be-transmitted K bits,and to map the K bits to F resource units, wherein each bit in the Kbits is mapped to a plurality of resource units in the F resource units,and K and F are integers greater than 1; and wherein the transmitter isconfigured to map the bits mapped to the F resource units to amodulation symbol for transmission.
 20. The apparatus according to claim19, wherein the processor is further configured to divide the K bitsinto V bit sequences, and to map the V bit sequences to the F resourceunits, wherein each bit sequence in the V bit sequences is mapped to aplurality of resource units in the F resource units, and V is an integerthat is greater than 1 and less than or equal to K.
 21. The apparatusaccording to claim 20, wherein the V bit sequences are mapped to Vresource unit groups, the V resource unit groups comprise differentresource units, the V resource unit groups are in a one-to-onecorrespondence with the V bit sequences, and each resource unit group inthe V resource unit groups comprises a plurality of resource units inthe F resource units.
 22. The apparatus according to claim 21, wherein aresource unit group i in the V resource unit groups comprises a resourceunit i₁ and a resource unit i₂, and a resource unit group j in the Vresource unit groups comprises a resource unit j₁ and the resource uniti₂.
 23. The apparatus according to claim 19, wherein the transmitter isfurther configured to map, based on a constellation diagram, the bitsmapped to the F resource units to the modulation symbol fortransmission; wherein a constellation diagram used for mapping y bitsmapped to a resource unit j in the F resource units to the modulationsymbol for transmission is a constellation diagram x; and wherein when yis an even number, the constellation diagram x is a square Grayconstellation that comprises 2^(y) constellation points; and whereinwhen y is an odd number, the constellation diagram x is a cross Grayconstellation that comprises 2^(y) constellation points.
 24. Theapparatus according to claim 19, wherein a bit a in the K bits is mappedto f1 resource units in the F resource units, and a bit b in the K bitsis mapped to f2 resource units in the F resource units; wherein the bita mapped to the f1 resource units is separately mapped to f1 bit carrypositions on the modulation symbol, and the bit b mapped to the f2resource units is separately mapped to f2 bit carry positions on themodulation symbol; wherein a sum of transmission reliability indicatorvalues corresponding to the f1 bit carry positions is f1⁺, and a sum oftransmission reliability indicator values corresponding to the f2 bitcarry positions is f2⁺, wherein an absolute value of a differencebetween f1⁺ and f2⁺ is less than or equal to a third threshold; whereinthe bit a and the bit b are any two bits in the K bits; and wherein alarger transmission reliability indicator value indicates highertransmission reliability of a corresponding bit carry position, or asmaller transmission reliability indicator value indicates highertransmission reliability of a corresponding bit carry position.
 25. Theapparatus according to claim 19, wherein a bit c in the K bits is mappedto f3 resource units in the F resource units, and a bit d in the K bitsis mapped to f4 resource units in the F resource units; wherein the bitc mapped to the f3 resource units is separately mapped to f3 bit carrypositions on the modulation symbol, and the bit d mapped to the f4resource units is separately mapped to f4 bit carry positions on themodulation symbol; wherein a sum of transmission reliability indicatorvalues corresponding to the f3 bit carry positions is f3⁺, and a sum oftransmission reliability indicator values corresponding to the f4 bitcarry positions is f4⁺; wherein the bit c and the bit d are any two bitsin the K bits; and when importance of the bit c is greater thanimportance of the bit d, and a larger transmission reliability indicatorvalue indicates higher transmission reliability of a corresponding bitcarry position, f3⁺ is greater than f4⁺; or when importance of the bit cis greater than importance of the bit d, and a smaller transmissionreliability indicator value indicates higher transmission reliability ofa corresponding bit carry position, f3⁺ is less than f4⁺.
 26. Theapparatus according to claim 25, wherein the to-be-transmitted K bitsare obtained by performing, based on a turbo code, channel coding on W₀original data streams corresponding to W users, the bit c is a systembit, the bit d is a check bit, and the importance of the bit c isgreater than the importance of the bit d; or wherein theto-be-transmitted K bits are obtained by performing, based on a lowdensity parity check code, channel coding on W0 original data streamscorresponding to W users, a degree of the bit c is greater than a degreeof the bit d, and the importance of the bit c is greater than theimportance of the bit d.